Central Sulawesi DPRD Website Hacked For Online Gambling Promotion

JAKARTA - The official website of the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of Central Sulawesi Province (Sulteng) with domain dprd.sultengprov.go.ig was hacked for online gambling promotions.

On the main website, which is accessed Monday, June 9, displays content promoting online gambling. The page openly displays online gambling promotion links and images, complete with an invitation to register and play slots that are claimed to be easy to win.

In fact, the website's visual display has completely changed from the official government-owned design to the typical appearance of gambling sites.

Meanwhile, the person in charge of the Central Sulawesi DPRD website, Hamka, received reports from a number of parties and verified the condition of the site that could not be accessed properly.

"Yes, it looks like our website was hacked. We immediately contacted IT experts to handle this problem," he said as quoted by ANTARA.

Hamka explained that the incident was only discovered this morning after there was a notification from outside parties and colleagues within the DPRD.

"I just found out earlier after receiving information from you, then I asked my friends, and they confirmed that there was a problem. We immediately checked with the group and immediately contacted the IT team," he explained.

The IT team that handles the website is a third party from outside the Central Sulawesi DPRD environment.

Currently, the process of improving the website is being carried out by the technical team.

The Central Sulawesi DPRD hopes that the site can return to normal functioning soon so that information services to the public are not disrupted.