Head Of BSSN Claims 2 Saudia Airlines Bomb Terrors Easy To Detect

Head of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) Lt. Gen. Retired TNI. Nugroho Sulistyo Budi at the Kepatihan complex, Yogyakarta, Monday 30 June. (Between)

JAKARTA - Head of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) Lt. Gen. Retired TNI. Nugroho Sulistyo Budi claims that the threat of bombs on Saudia Airlines aircraft carrying pilgrims in mid-June 2025 is actually easy to detect.

Nugroho explained that the perpetrator's communication pattern does not go through an IP (internet protocol)-based network that is common in open communication on the internet so that the cyber monitoring system easily recognizes it.

"It's not through the IP network, yes, it's by call, yes. It turns out that it's actually easy to indicate such threats," he said when met at the Kepatihan complex, Yogyakarta, Monday, June 30, during a statement.

However, Nugroho emphasized that BSSN still treats all threats seriously and does not ignore possible risks.

According to him, in a number of terror incidents, threats that were announced in advance never really happened.

However, because the impact could shake up the transportation and national security sector, his institution continues to handle it with related parties.

"Have you ever fired a bomb that had an incident, who told you before? However, it is still being addressed, wary of it because we are zero tolerance for possible threats," he said.

So far, said Nugroho, the disclosure of the case is under the authority of law enforcement officials.

"Regarding the perpetrators, the police will explain further. Of course we play a role, but to explain it, maybe from the authorities," he said.

Nugroho emphasized that BSSN is always ready to provide cross-sectoral support, including in collaboration with law enforcement agencies.

"Ready to help if the police also need it. We work with our friends in the police, ministries/agencies, we help according to their role, function and our duties," he said.

Previously, the threat of a bomb occurred on Tuesday (17/6), a Saudia Airlines aircraft with flight number SV-5726 carrying 442 members of a pilgrim from Indonesia was forced to make an emergency landing at Medan Kualanamu Airport.

The emergency landing was related to the threat of a bomb sent by an unknown person via electronic mail (email) at 07.30 WIB.

The email contained threats from an unknown person who was about to blow up a plane belonging to Saudia Airlines SV 5276 on the Jeddah-Jakarta route (Soekarno Hatta Airport) carrying 442 members of the 12 JKS Hajj group pilgrims.

The second case that occurred on Saturday (21/6), the Saudia SV-5688 aircraft containing 376 passengers of the 33 Surabaya Flying Group (Kloter) Hajj pilgrims, returned to an emergency landing at Kualanamu Airport, Deli Serdang after receiving an alleged bomb threat.