The data of six million Indonesians including the President and his sons were leaked and sold on the website
The data of six million taxpayers in the world's fourth most populous country, Indonesia, including that of outgoing President Joko Widodo, has allegedly been leaked and sold. That is according to a report released by the media yesterday Thursday.
The data of six million taxpayers in the world's fourth most populous country, Indonesia, including that of outgoing President Joko Widodo, has allegedly been leaked and sold. That is according to a report released by the media yesterday Thursday.
The Jakarta Globe reported that millions of taxpayer identification numbers "have been sold for $10,000 on a website called Breach Forum, which is an account allegedly owned by a hacker known as Bjorka. According to the news site, the sale of the information of those people was completed on Wednesday.
The leaked data includes social security numbers, email addresses, phone numbers and other personal information. The Directorate General of Taxation of the Southeast Asian nation of about 275 million people is investigating the alleged violations.
Quoting the founder of Ethical Hacker Indonesia Teguh Aprianto, the report said: "The leaked data includes the personal information of President Joko Widodo, as well as his sons Gibran Rakabuming Raka and Kaesang Pangarep".
