KPU website hacked

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