279 Million BPJS Data Leaked, Cominfo Investigation Site Raid Forums

Ministry of Information Spokesman Dedy Permadi (dock. Kominfo)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) has taken a number of measures in anticipation of the wider distribution of personal data. This includes taking down a number of links containing samples of the data.

"The first is Raid Forums which is identified as a forum that spreads a lot of content that violates the law in Indonesia, so that the website, including an account named Kotz is being blocked," said Ministry of Information Spokesman Dedy Permadi in a statement, Saturday, May 22.

Dedy said links to download personal data, namely data links in bayfiles.com, mega.nz, and anonfiles.com have all been blocked.

Furthermore, to date, Kominfo has identified a larger amount of data and expanded the investigation to approximately 1 million data claimed as sample data by sellers.

From the results of a random investigation of approximately 1 million data, it can be concluded that Kominfo and BSSN need to conduct a more in-depth investigation together with BPJS Kesehatan.

In accordance with the mandate of PP 71 year 2019, Kominfo has made a call to the Board of Directors of BPJS Kesehatan on Friday (21/5) as the manager of personal data allegedly leaked for a more in-depth investigation process.

The results are as follows. First, BPJS will immediately confirm and retest the personal data that was allegedly leaked.

"Furthermore, investigations conducted by the internal team of BPJS will always be coordinated with the Ministry of Communication and Information," said Dedy.

"Data security measures will be taken by BPJS to mitigate the risk of leakage of personal data more broadly," he concluded.

Previously, the data circulated that 279 million Indonesians were allegedly leaked and traded in a forum. This data includes KTP number, salary, phone number, address and email, even the data of the deceased is also contained in it.

In this forum it is mentioned that one million data as an example can be accessed for free and without a special password. Since then, Kominfo has been actively engaged in conducting investigations and in-depth anticipation of the allegations.