KPU website hacked

INDONESIA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) website fell victim to hackers on Saturday evening. At 6:40 p.m. the attack occurred and the hackers seemed to have a sarcastic sense of humor, substituting the names of political parties on the computer-based tabulation site with fruits.

The website, functionion as the main public display for the computer-based ballot counting, returned to normal at 10:40 p.m.

KPU Information Technology (IT) division chairman Akhiar Oemry acknowledged the hacking incident, but assured the public that the KPU data center and its recovery data center remained safe.

"The hackers tried to hack our data center and recovery center, which have seven security systems, starting from 6:30 p.m. But they failed. They only succeeded in hacking our website, which is part of the public domain," he said.

He added that the KPU had traced the hackers, but another IT division member Basuki Suhardiman told detik.com that the hackers were possibly from within the commission itself. -- JP