Hacker uses Internet cafe to access KPU site

JAKARTA: A witness in the trial of hacker Dani Firmansyah confirmed that the defendant had used one of his computers to break into the General Elections Committee (KPU) website.

Heru Dwiarta Hernata, owner of Warna Internet cafe in Yogyakarta, said that Dani used one of the cafe's computers after Fuad, a staffer of the cafe, gave him the password.

To elude tracking and cover up his tracks, Dani allegedly accessed computers in the Internet cafe and in Thailand, before he finally hacked into the KPU website.

Heru, who did not know Dani beforehand, said that he only knew about the incident after the police came to his cafe to investigate the case.

The trial will continue on Oct. 5 to hear opinions on the case from telecommunication, Internet and legal experts. -- JP