JAKARTA - The police mentioned the crypto bomb terror account to the North Jakarta Intercultural School (NJIS) Kelapa Gading international school which requested a ransom of 30,000 US dollars or around Rp. 450 million, not in Indonesia.

"The 'Wallet address' ( wallet address) in question, was not found or invalid so that the results were not found or were not available at the local crypto exchange (crypto exchange local) in Indonesia," said Kelapa Gading Police Chief, North Jakarta Kompol Seto Handoko Putra, Wednesday, October 8.

He said this result was obtained after he coordinated with the Deputy Chairperson of the Crypto Asset Association for Crypto Assets Mohammad Naufal Alvir.

"We are still conducting an investigation to reveal the perpetrators of this terror act," he said.

He said the results of the temporary investigation of the perpetrator who sent this terror message had the initials EM who used the marketing number through the Whatsapp application.

This unknown person requested a ransom of US$30,000 or around Rp. 450 million in bitcoin which was sent to the address of the wallet provided.

The perpetrators threatened that if the ransom was not given, the bomb that had been installed at the school would be detonated in 45 minutes.

The officers immediately conducted a screening at the NJIS Kelapa Gading school and the results did not find any suspicious objects.


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