The Indonesian government reportedly suffered another data leak as 34 million passport data were traded on the bjork.ai website.
Silmy Karim, the Director General of Immigration, said that he was investigating the alleged data leak case.
Currently, the Directorate General of Immigration data is stored on a government server called the National Data Center of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (PDN Kominfo).
"It is being investigated, our database is stored on a government server, called PDN Kominfo," said Karim.
Meanwhile, PDN will discuss data leaks and will be assisted by the National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN), which will trace and confirm the truth of the information.
The leaked data included passport number, passport expiry date, full name, date of birth, gender and others. As many as 1 million data were provided as samples by the hacker.
"For those who already have passports, congratulations because 34 million passport data have just been leaked and traded," said Teguh Aprianto, Cybersecurity Consultant, and Founder of Ethical Hacker Indonesia.
"If you look at the sample data provided, the data looks valid, the validity period is from 2009-2020," he added.
Bjorka running rampant
The case of Bjorka leaking information has been going on for a long time. He was also the hacker in 10 data leak cases. This leak is thought to have originated from an application owned by the government or a state institution.
"If you look at the category or classification of attacks that are data theft, the intensity is actually low. As I said, there are up to three that can paralyse our vital electronics or information infrastructure," said Hinsa Siburian, Head of BSSN, on September 13, 2022.
Some of these cases include: Indihome customer data, PLN customer data, Jasa Marga's internal data, phone card data, 105 million KPU data leaks, secret documents of President Jokowi, officials' personal data, 26 million Indonesian Police data leaks, and MyPertamina data leak.
Observer responds
A number of observers consider that the leakage of personal data in the form of cell phone numbers to National Identity Numbers (NIK) can be dangerous because they are the key to various financial services.
Meanwhile, according to Andi Widjajanto, Governor of the National Defense Institute (Lemhanas), the condition of Indonesia's cyber security sector is still relatively low at the global level.
He considered that this condition also weakened investor confidence in the government's commitment to dealing with cyber security issues.
"If the government's commitment remains low, the investment will not come in, he said, on May 22, 2023.
Meanwhile, Indonesia has a very poor global cyber defense index. Based on the National Cyber Security Index (NCSI), Indonesia is ranked 84th with 38.96 points out of 100.
In addition, Indonesia is one of the ASEAN countries that does not have cyber security regulations.
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