Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Communication and Informatics Ministry is still studying a report of the alleged leak of IndiHome subscribers personal data.
The ministry will soon summon the management of state-owned telecommunication operator PT Telkom Indonesia as the holding company to clarify the incident, the ministry’s director general of informatics application, Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, said in a written statement released on Sunday.
Pangerapan said the ministry will also ask Telkom to explain its steps to follow up on the report.
Meanwhile, Telkom and IndiHome Group had yet to confirm the report of the alleged data leak.
The exposed data are in the form of surfing history on the internet, such as dates, passwords, domains, platforms, browsers and URL link. The other data of users included residence identification card (KTP), email address, cellular phone numbers also leaked.
Vaksincom cyber security expert Alfons Tanujaya said the report of the IndiHome user data leak is likely true. He alleged that the leak came from the service provider server.
The data will also be dangerous if it falls into cyber criminals because they can observe the users’ habit and then design activity to cheat victims.
