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Cyber-attack haunts Indonesia’s COVID-19 strategy
A reported data breach of the now-defunct electronic Health Alert Card (eHAC) system has raised serious concerns about the security of the PeduliLindungi application, a key part of the government’s “living with COVID-19” strategy.
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The authorities said that they had investigated a suspected data breach of the now-defunct electronic Health Alert Card (eHAC) eHAC system, which was primarily used by the Health Ministry to help with COVID-19 contact tracing. (Shutterstock/File)
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reported data breach of the now-defunct electronic Health Alert Card (eHAC) system has raised serious concerns about the security of the PeduliLindungi application, a key part of the government’s “living with COVID-19” strategy.
The authorities said that they had investigated a suspected data breach of the old eHAC system, which had jeopardized the data of around 1.3 million users. The system was primarily used by the Health Ministry to help with COVID-19 contact tracing.
The incident, which is not unusual given the country’s weak cybersecurity, was brought to light by encryption provider vpnMentor, which wrote in a report on Monday that the data included contact details, ID card details and COVID-19 test results.
“The Health Ministry is sure that none of eHAC users’ private data was leaked. The data on eHAC is not shared with the third party’s platform,” Health Ministry Data And Information Center head Anas Ma’ruf said in a press conference on Wednesday.
That being said, the National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN) admitted that there had been a potential exposure of private data as reported by vpnMentor. “Thank God, we received good information from vpnMentor,” BSSN spokesman Anton Setiawan said.
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