Police Hunt Hoax Spreaders Hacking Police Sites

Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono (Photo: Police Public Relations)

JAKARTA - Circulating on social media, Police sites that have been hacked by hackers. In fact, the police personnel data can be easily changed according to their wishes. However, based on the investigation, it was claimed that the information was not proven, aka hoax.

Police Public Relations Division Karo Penmas, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono said, with no proof of this information, investigators are currently hunting down the hoax spreader and finding out the motive for the incident.

"Until now, Cyber Bareskrim Polri is still conducting deepening and investigating the perpetrators and the motives for spreading the hoaxes of the Police members' SIPP (Polri personnel information system) database," Awi said in Jakarta, Tuesday, June 16.

In fact, to prove that the National Police's site was not hacked, Awi said, there were several differences between the actual site and the screenshot images circulating on social media. One of the differences is in the type of font used.

"The National Police has confirmed that there is no theft of the SIPP data because the variable screenshots circulating on social media are not the same as the SIPP used by SSDM Polri today," said Awi.

Then, Awi reiterated that the information currently circulating in the community is false information. This is because there is no accurate evidence that shows the National Police site was hacked.

"Regarding the database of Polri members which recently went up to the news media, regarding the screenshot of the database of Polri members spread on social media, we need to convey that this is a lie or hoax that is not proven," said Awi.

For your information, the Twitter account @secgron uploaded information about the police site that was successfully hacked. The upload states that the data from Polri members who were transferred to Densus 88 were successfully accessed by hackers by including evidence in the form of photos which are said to be data from members of the National Police.

"Hello @DivHumas_Polri, it's time to clean up. Someone claims to have succeeded in breaking into the data of all members of the National Police. This person can then easily access, search and replace the data of the Polri member. For example, just the transfer to Densus 88, the data has been leaked," wrote the account. .