Jakarta: The Indonesian Military’s (TNI) Strategic Intelligence Agency (Bais) is suspected of being hacked, according to initial reports from an X account known for monitoring cyber attacks. This marks the third cyber attack on the government in the past week.
Major General Nugraha Gumilar, TNI Chief of Information Center, said that the TNI Cyber Team is currently investigating the alleged hacking incident.
“We cannot confirm or deny the hacking allegation regarding Bais TNI data at this time,” he said on Monday from Jakarta.
On social media, @FalconFeeds.io, which tracks cyber activities including the dark web, reported a breach by hacker MoonzHaxor from BreachForum targeting the Bais system. They claim to have acquired a significant amount of Bais TNI data.
Screenshots from BreachForum show MoonzHaxor’s involvement in the hacking community since September 2023.
Last Saturday, the same hacker announced successfully breaching Indonesia’s Automatic Finger Identification System (Inafis) owned by the National Police (Polri). The data reportedly includes fingerprint images, email addresses, and SpringBoot application configurations.
MoonzHaxor offered to sell this data for $1,000 USD (approximately Rp16.3 million).
However, Lieutenant General Hinsa Siburian, Head of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN), clarified in a Monday press conference in Jakarta that the data claimed by MoonzHaxor were old data.
“We have confirmed with the police that these are old data being traded on the dark web,” said Hinsa.
Hinsa assured that the Polri system is currently not disrupted and continues to operate smoothly. “We assure that their system is functioning well,” he stated.
The National Data Center (PDN) was also hit by a ransomware attack last Thursday, causing delays in airport immigration services and new student registration. The hackers are demanding a ransom of $8 million, approximately Rp 131 billion, to return the stolen data. In this incident, the ransomware used is called Brain Cipher. According to Hinsa, this ransomware is a new development of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware. In 2023, the LockBit hacker group also crippled the systems of Bank Syariah Indonesia (BSI).
