JAKARTA - The Directorate of Cyber Investigation of the Polda Metro Jaya revealed cases of illegal access and data manipulation as if the data was authentic with the mode of uploading the database of bank customers.
"The suspect with the initials WFT (22) is the owner of an X account named @bjorka and @Bjorrangesiaa, who was arrested on Tuesday (23/9) in Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi," said Wadirresiber Polda Metro Jaya, AKBP Fian Yunus reported by ANTARA, Thursday, October 2.
The chronology of the disclosure of illegal criminal acts of access and data manipulation began with a police report from a private bank in Indonesia around February 2025.
"This perpetrator using an X account on behalf of @bjorantanesiaaa posted with the appearance of one of the private bank customers and sent a message to the bank's official account and claimed that it had hacked 4.9 million customer database accounts," he said.
The perpetrator's intention was to extort the private bank, on the basis of this post. The Metro Jaya Police Ditsiber Team conducted an investigation and also disclosed the perpetrators.
"From the perpetrators, evidence was obtained of two cellphones, one tablet, two SIM cards, one scale was released containing 28 WFT suspects' emails," said Fian.
The results of an in-depth examination of the suspect, the person concerned has been carrying out activities on social media and has claimed to be Bjorka since 2020.
"The loss experienced by banks is awareness of a banking system that has the potential to be hacked by irresponsible people and has an impact on the reputation of the bank itself which has resulted in reduced customer confidence in the post," he said.
The suspect is subject to Article 46 in conjunction with Article 30 and/or Article 48 in conjunction with Article 32 and/or Article 51 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 35 of Law Number 11 of 2008 as amended lastly by Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions.
"With a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 12 billion," said Fian.
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