1.3 Billion Bocor SIM Card Data On Dark Web, Comminfo Bantah Data Dissemination Of Data

Illustration of SIM Card (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - It was reported on Twitter that 1.3 billion data on the registration of Indonesian telephone SIM cards had been leaked. A Twitter user @SRifki said that the data includes NIK, telephone number, provider name (provider), and also registration date.

"The seller stated that this data was obtained from the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information," Rifqi wrote on Twitter on Thursday, September 1.

⚠ 1,3 miliar data pendaftaran kartu SIM telepon Indonesia bocor! Data pendaftaran meliputi NIK, nomor telepon, nama penyedia (provider), dan tanggal pendaftaran. Penjual menyatakan bahwa data ini didapatkan dari Kominfo RI. pic.twitter.com/ctdvuKwUn8

— Muh. Rifqi Priyo S. 🇮🇩 (@SRifqi) September 1, 2022

From the screenshot uploaded, the image shows the spreader (Bjorka) selling all of these data at a price of 742 million rupiah. Bjorka also distributed two million free samples to look at.

In connection with the information circulating, the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) stated that it was not true.

"The Ministry of Communication and Information has carried out an internal search. From this search, it can be seen that the Ministry of Communication and Informatics does not have an application to accommodate prepaid and postpaid registration data," Kominfo wrote in a release today.

Kominfo also denied that the SIM card data distributed by the Bjorka account was distributed by the Ministry of Communication and Informatics.

As further action, Kominfo said that they were conducting a more in-depth search related to data sources and other matters related to the alleged data leak.

A cybersecurity consultant, Teguh Aprianto on Twitter suggested checking whether your mobile number was included in the two million sample data or not being checked for data.com/simcardkominfo/.