Data of 44 Million Users Allegedly Stolen from Oil Company Pertamina

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - State-owned company Pertamina immediately takes action to investigate the alleged leaked data that affected over 40 million users of their application. Pertamina is an Indonesian oil company which is part of Fortune Global 500.

The data are allegedly stolen by Bjorka who has become an internet sensation in Indonesia after breaching government's data and exposing the weakness in data protection. It disappeared for a while before making a comeback with stolen data from MyPertamina app.

MyPertamina app is used to facilitate the government's subsidy program for the public. Bjorka is allegedly selling the data from 44 million users, including the data of users' salary.

Corporate Secretary of Pertamina, Patra Niaga Irto Ginting, revealed that Pertamina and Telkom immediately investigated the allegations. However, he does not say how long the investigation will take.

"Pertamina and Telkom are conducting a joint investigation to ensure the security of data and information related to MyPertamina," he said when confirmed by Liputan6.com, Thursday (11/10/2022).

Telkom is another state-owned company which operates in the communication sector. MyPertamina is an application made by Telkom and Pertamina.

Through an upload on the Breached Forum site, hacker Bjorka made a new upload with the topic MyPertamina Indonesia 44 Million. The information was uploaded on Thursday (11/10), based on the information displayed.

Bjorka's account was viral on Twitter before it got restricted. Indonesian government already tried to find the person behind Bjorka, but only ended up arresting a young man who sold ice in East Java Province.

The 21-year-old was accussed of selling a channel on Telegram to Bjorka. Police eventually let him go.