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Jakarta Social Agency website hacked
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Governor-elect Anies Baswedan (second left) and his running mate Sandiaga Uno (second right) talk to the press after quick count results pointed to a victory for the pair during the runoff election on April 19. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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he website of the Jakarta Social Agency was hacked on Sunday night by a group of hackers demanding that the presumptive Jakarta governor and vice governor, Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno, realize their promise of a zero percent down-payment scheme for housing.
The hackers, calling themselves the Phoenix Team, put up a message on the website that read: "Looking forward to Anies-Sandi fulfilling their promise" with a picture of a toyhouse made from cardboard. Another message reads: "Is this what zero percent means?"
As of Monday morning, the website is undergoing repairs.
"The agency website is operated under the Jakarta Smart City program, so we are working on the website together now," said Miftahul Huda, the agency's information and communications division head, on Monday.
Miftahul expressed regret that the hackers displayed a political message on the website.
"We are a government body that has stayed neutral on politics, so having a message like that posted on our website is weird," he said.
He said it would take a couple of days to fix the website. In the meantime, citizens can access information from the agency at the agency’s official channels on Kaskus and Kompasiana. (dea/wit)
