No Indication Of Hacking, The Criminal Investigation Unit Stops Investigation Of Alleged Data Leaks In The eHAC Application

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JAKARTA - The National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim) has suspended the investigation into the alleged leak of 1.3 million data from users of the electronic Health Alert Card (eHAC) application. So far, no indications of hacking have been found.

"The investigation has not been continued", said the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono, when contacted, Tuesday, September 7.

There were no indications of hacking after investigators conducted a series of examinations. So is the investigation from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes).

"The results of the investigation carried out by the Cyber Police against the Ministry of Health and partners of the Ministry of Health, that there was no attempt to retrieve data on the eHAC server", said Argo.

Previously, the Indonesian Ministry of Health ensured that the data of 1.3 million eHAC users did not leak. The data in question does not flow to the partner party, the party believed to have experienced the leak.

This was confirmed by the Head of the Indonesian Ministry of Health's Data and Information Center, Dr. Anas Ma'ruf MKM. According to him, eHAC user data remains safe with the Indonesian Ministry of Health.

"The Ministry of Health ensures that community data in the eHAC system is not leaked and in protection, community data in eHAC does not flow to partner platforms", said Anas.

Meanwhile, the electronic Health Alert Card (eHAC) system is part of the PeduliLindungi application which is being promoted by the government for various testing and tracing purposes, including entering malls, restaurants, and hotels, which must be updated.