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THE MINISTRY of Communication and Informatics (Kemenkominfo) checked information regarding the alleged leak of 9 million visa data for foreign nationals (WNA) who entered Indonesia (RI).
“We are checking again regarding visas,” Director General of Information and Public Communication of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics Usman Kansong told ANTARA, Saturday (7/8), 2023.
Bjorka’s hackers allegedly traded foreigners’ personal data. In his blog, it was stated that the data traded was in the form of visas from foreigners to enter Indonesia issued by the Directorate General of Immigration, Ministry of Law and Human Rights.
“This database contains foreign visas to enter Indonesia issued by the Directorate General of Immigration of Indonesia,” wrote Bjorka.
Usman said that his party was still checking the information. However, he said that the visa data was in the same system as the Immigration Management Information System (Simkim).
“Indeed, visas are in the same system as Simkim,” he said.
Previously, it was reported that as many as 34 million Indonesian passport data were allegedly leaked and traded, this information was revealed by cybersecurity practitioner Teguh Aprianto via a tweet on his twitter account.
“For those who already have passports, congratulations because 34 million passport data have just been leaked and traded,” Teguh wrote in his tweet on the @secgron account.
Teguh explained, the leaked information included passport number, passport expiry date, full name, date of birth, and gender.
Regarding the alleged leak of passport data, Usman said the Ministry of Communication and Information was still waiting for a report from the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) team which has the authority to audit information security.
“Regarding the leak of passport data, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics is waiting for a report from the BSSN team which has the task and function of an information security audit,” Usman concluded. [antaranews/photo special]
