Data On Millions Of Students Of The Ministry Of Education And Culture Missing, Commission X Of The House Of Representatives Immediately Calls Minister Nadiem

Minister of Education and Technology Nadiem Makarim (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission X of the House of Representatives, Himmatul Aliyah, regrets the data breach at the national data center (PDN), especially having an impact on the disappearance of educational data. This education commission will immediately summon the Ministry of Education and Culture to request an explanation regarding the data of the millions of students missing. Himmatul assessed that this negligence was very fatal because it resulted in state losses and even the people whose data were related. Moreover, there should be no backup of data from the authorities. "Any data should have backuped it, either manual or digital, external, on its own archival servers, which are confidential and maintained, especially in the current digital era, which is very prone to hacking," said Himmatul Aliyah to VOI, Monday, July 1. According to the Gerindra politician, any country is even as strong as the country's technology, hackers will also work harder to hack.

"Therefore, a serious investigation is needed whether there is another mode other than just 'hackers' who ask for a ransom or indeed someone is attacking our country's data for other purposes," he said. Himmatul also said that Commission X of the DPR would summon the Ministry of Education and Culture to explain the data on students who registered for the Smart and Lecture Indonesia Card (KIPK) who were lost due to the breach of the PDN.

"Regarding the missing educational data, commission X will immediately summon the Minister of Education and Culture on how to overcome the loss of educational data, especially recipients of PIP and KIP scholarships," said Aliyah. Previously, information related to the follow-up impact of the case of breaking the PDN database on 800 thousand prospective KIPK registrants disappeared, quoted from the @dorokakung account on the X page. The account states that as many as 800 thousand KIPK registrant students have been verified and their names selected as prospective students who are entitled to receive KIPK. It is planned that the Ministry of Education and Culture will announce it on July 1, 2024.

However, because PDN was hacked and all KIPK registrant data disappeared, the announcement was postponed until an undetermined time limit. Even though the lecture period is about to start. In fact, the loss of data on 800 thousand prospective KIPK registrants can be avoided if copied or backed up. However, the Ministry of Education and Culture's request was not fulfilled by the authorities, in this case the Ministry of Communication and Information. Currently, the Ministry of Education and Culture is trying to get the system recovered and the announcement of KIPK re-registrants can be rescheduled.