Kominfo And BSSN Investigate The Truth Of Alleged Leaks Of PNS And PPPK Data Leaks

Deputy Minister of Communication and Information Nezar Patria (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)

Deputy Minister of Communication and Information, Nezar Patria, said that the Ministry of Communication and Informatics was investigating the alleged data leak that hit 4,759,218 Civil Servant (PNS) and Government Employees with a Work Agreement (PPPK) at BreachForums.

Furthermore, Nezar also said that they are actively working with the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) regarding the search for the truth about the data leak that sold for 10,000 US dollars (Rp160 million).

"It's being investigated. We are working with BSSN. Because there is a lot of information that mentions this data leak," Nezar told the media after the opening of the Indonesia Internet Expo and Summu 2024 on Monday, August 12 in Jakarta.

Because according to him, "Sometimes the leaked data is not data that, as claimed by the perpetrators on the dark web. That's why we are investigating."

Meanwhile, the alleged leak of PNS and PPPK data was discovered on Saturday, August 10. Where the cybersecurity provider company FalconFeeds.io shared the news in his post on X.

The leaked data includes full name, place of birth date, title, date of CPNS, date of civil servant, NIP, Number of CPNS SK, Number of Civil Servant Decree, class, position, agencies, address, identity number, cellphone number, email address, education, Department, and also year of graduation.

However, the Chairman of the CISSReC Cyber Security Research Institute, Pratama Persadha, admitted that he had verified randomly on 13 ASN whose names were listed in the data sample via Whatsapp. And said that the data is valid, although some informed about the last digit writing error on the NIP & NIK field.

For this reason, Pratama emphasized that the government should immediately form a Personal Data Protection Agency, so that action can be taken and impose sanctions on PSEs who experience data leakage incidents.