Investigators from the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate (Ditreskrimsus) of the East Java Regional Police arrested a gang of hackers on the East Java Provincial Government's official website and the Sepuluh November Institute of Technology (ITS) Surabaya.
The gang are Agus Tiyadi (27) from Sinabe Hamlet, Mundu, Cirebon and Dendi Syamam alias Muhammad Acil alias Mister Cakil (23) from Legok, Tangerang, Banten.
Kabid Humas Polda Jatim Kombes Dirmanto mengatakan keduanya terbukti melakukan peretasan (hacking) lamanhttps://jatimprov.go.id/danbhttps://tpka.its.ac.id/untuk dijadikan sebagai sarana meningkatkansearch engine optimization(SEO) konten perjudian, dengan menyusupkan file ekstensi.
"They infiltrated extension files or backdoors on websites which were targeted by the perpetrators to hack," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 31.
Wadirreskrimsus Polda Jatim, AKBP Arman added that the hack was carried out by the suspect in February 2023. As a result of the hack, the postgraduate website experienced disruption when accessed, a slot88 gambling display appeared.
"Starting from the ITS report, that the official website of the ITS graduate program was hacked in February 2023. Then, the team conducted an investigation for about a month and finally arrested the AT suspect in Cirebon," he said.
After the development was carried out, it finally narrowed to Mister Cakil, who is a network with Agus. The results of the police investigation, Mister Cakil and Agus apparently collaborated to hack into the site belonging to the East Java Provincial Government.
"AT has hacked hundreds of sites or sub-domains, both government and private. One of them is also a site owned by the East Java Provincial Government with Mister Cakil," he said.
Agus Tiyadi was arrested on March 28, 2023 at his residence. Meanwhile, Mister Cakil was arrested on May 7, 2023 at his residence after returning from Cambodia. After being arrested, the suspect and evidence were taken to the East Java Police Headquarters for further processing.
To the police, Agus stated that he made a profit of Rp. 200 thousand from selling the page that had been embedded with his system. Meanwhile, Cakil, who is also an admin on the gambling page in Cambodia as well as a hacker on the page, gets a salary of Rp. 10 million per month.
Meanwhile, the Head of the East Java Communications and Informatics Division, Kominfo Achmad Fadlil Chusni, appealed to the owner of the page to pay attention to prioritizing security without loopholes to close hackers' access to hack attempts.
"Be aware of the application. Maybe when hackers enter, it takes advantage of uploading files. It should be limited, because it's easiest for them to take advantage of the gap and that's where they are entrusted with a backdoor," he said.
From the suspect's hands, the police confiscated evidence in the form of four cell phones, two homemade computer kits and two homemade laptops.
For his actions, the suspect was charged with Law No. 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) as amended by Law No. 19 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law No. 11 of 2008 concerning ITE, with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of IDR 10 billion.
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