Youth Allegedly "Hacker" Bjorka in Madiun Arrested, Daily Selling Ice • Warta Indonesia En. Ver

A young man with the initials MAH (21), a resident of Madiun, was arrested by the Madiun Police, Wednesday (14/9/2022). MAH is suspected to be a Bjorka hacker.

MAH’s arrest was confirmed by the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Dedi.

He said the arrests were made in the Madiun area, East Java, Wednesday night.

“For those in Madiun, they are currently being investigated regarding the issue in question. All teams are still working on the special team,” said Dedi at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Thursday (15/9/2022).

MAH is domiciled in Mawatsari Hamlet, Banjarsari Kulon Village, Dagangan District, Madiun Regency.

According to the Head of Banjarsari Kulon Village, Bambang Hermawan, MAH works every day to help parents sell ice in front of the market.

Bambang also confirmed that the residents were detained by the police.

“The boy used to sell ice at the market entrance,” said Bambang.

According to information compiled by Kompas.com, MAH was arrested at his residence and immediately taken to the Trade Police.

MAH’s arrest involved the Cyber Crime Team of the Police.

Monitoring at the Dagangan Police Headquarters on Wednesday night, several police officers were seen outside guarding.

In addition to the members, Madiun Police Chief AKBP Anton Prasetyo and Madiun City Police Chief, AKBP Suryono.

Bjorka’s twitter and telegram accounts became the talk of netizens on social media after leaking the personal data of a number of officials. The data includes telephone numbers to Covid-19 vaccinations.

Until now, Bjorka hackers are suspected of having hacked Indihome customer data, SIM Card registration data, RI KPU data, state officials data and a number of correspondence documents belonging to President Joko Widodo, including letters sent by the State Intelligence Agency (BIN).