JAKARTA - Commissioner of the General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia August Mellaz revealed that currently the official X social media account belonging to the KPU RI is being restored. The restoration was carried out with the assistance of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN).
Since early this morning, the X account @KPU_ID was hacked and uploaded a number of tweets mentioning diplomas and promoting online gambling sites.
"Currently the handling process is being carried out with the assistance of X and BSSN. Posts from the hacker are no longer there. Currently waiting for the restoration process," August told reporters, Wednesday, May 21.
August admitted that his party had only found out about the X account of the general election organizer since this morning. After learning about the hacking of the account, the KPU immediately took action.
"We found out that this morning the X account of the KPU RI was hit by the attack. Immediately after it was discovered, the KPU RI's public relations and Pusdatin immediately took steps to overcome it," said August.
As of this afternoon, a number of strange tweets uploaded by the hacker have been deleted. It is not yet known who hacked the X KPU RI account.
It is known that the hacking began on Wednesday, May 21 at around 2 am. The hacker uploaded a number of provocative tweets, one of which read "INDONESIA WILL BE COMPLETELY DARK".
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Not only that, other tweets also touched on the issue of the diploma of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo which is currently a polemic. The tweet also promotes online gambling sites.
💚 The official KPU account is being hacked guys. pic.twitter.com/gl73m10FTb
— Tanyarlfes (@tanyarlfes) May 21, 2025
"You guys don't fuss about diplomas, I justify that and also members of the KPU commissioners, instead of fussing about things like that, it's better if you play on MAHAZEUS' website," he tweeted.
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