Alleged Passport Data Leakage Of 34 Million Indonesian Citizens, Kominfo Conducts Joint Investigation Of BSSN

Illustration of data leakage (Pixabay)

YOGYAKARTA - The Indonesian people were shocked by the alleged leak of 34 million Indonesian citizens related to passports. The alleged passport data leak is being investigated by the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo).

The alleged leak of passport data has gone viral on the internet and has many people worried that the data will be misused. The leak of 34 million personal data is claimed to be the work of hacker Bjorka. So what are the steps taken by the government to investigate and resolve the problem?

The news of the leak of personal data from tens of millions of Indonesian citizens was first raised by Teguh Aprianto, founder of Ethical Hacker Indonesia. Through his personal Twitter account, Teguh said that the data leak portal also provided samples of 1 million data.

Teguh Aprianto said that the data sample appeared to be valid with the timestamp between 2009 and 2020. Teguh suspects that the mastermind behind the leak is the famous hacker Bjorka. He said that Bjorka, who appeared this time, may still be the same as Bjorka, who leaked the data in 2022.

Investigation Of Alleged Passport Data Leakage

Usman Kansong, Director General of Information and Public Communication (Dirjen IKP) of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, said that the data that was spread and allegedly leaked was different from that of the government.

Usman Kansong revealed that there are differences in the data structure between those in the National Data Center and those that are scattered. However, the Ministry of Communication and Information in collaboration with the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) and the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights are still investigating the case. Until now, the disturbing hacker figure is still unknown.

This shared passport data was uploaded in the old blogbjork.ai. This blog page has never been disclosed by Bjorka who took action in 2022, either via Telegram, Twitter, or the BreachForums account.

This is a review of the alleged leak of personal data as many as 34 million Indonesian citizens related to passport data. The data for the tens of millions is sold for USD 10 thousand or around Rp150 million.