ELSAM Highlights Serious Risks Due To Leakage Of KPU Data In The 2024 Election

Wahyudi Djafar, ELSAM Executive Director (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)

JAKARTA - Some time ago, the Indonesian people were faced again with a case of data leakage, in which an anonymous account in BreachForum uploaded 252,327,304 data which claimed to come from the kpu.go.id site.

The data, which sells for US $ 74,000 (IDR 1.2 billion) consists of NIK, NKK, ID card number, passport, name, polling place, disabled status, gender, date and place of birth, marital status, and address.

Responding to this, the KPU said that the elements of the data were indeed identical to voter data, therefore the KPU said it would conduct an in-depth investigation into the alleged data leak incident.

However, until now the KPU and BSSN have not publicly disclosed the sustainability of the results of the investigation.

In a media briefing held on Wednesday, December 20, the Institute for Community Studies and Advocacy (ELSAM) mentioned several serious risks to the upcoming 2024 election.

"These various threats and risks will certainly have a serious impact on the process and integrity of the results of the 2024 General Election, including the problem of distrust of election organizers, especially the KPU," said Wahyudi Djafar, Executive Director of ELSAM in his presentation in Jakarta.

Because according to him, the public will consider that the Indonesian government is unable to prepare a reliable information system, including efforts to minimize and mitigate every security risk.

In addition, the KPU's inability to maintain public personal data will also lead to the potential increase in the Golput number, due to concerns about the exploitation of election data, so that the public is reluctant to participate in the election.

Wahyudi also said that the problem would also have an impact on the level of public confidence in the election results, especially regarding the integrity of election data, especially regarding the processing of personal data for voters and candidates, including the results of the vote count.

"And the impact of danger that exceeds electoral political goals, due to cybersecurity attacks and exploitation of voter personal data," he concluded.