Tribratanews.polri.go.id - Surabaya. Sub-Directorate V/Cyber of the East Java Regional Police's Crime Investigation Unit Director managed to apprehend two suspects in the case of hacking bank account data. The two perpetrators with the initials FSR, a resident of Bekasi and AZ, a resident of Jakarta, also hacked credit card data illegally.
The arrest of the two suspects was the result of the development of the previous suspect with the initials HTS. HTS as the data collector for illegal access (coordinator) was arrested at Juanda Airport in Surabaya along with other suspects, namely the Army and Hospital.
The HTS suspect acts as a data collector that is used as a means of illegal access. Meanwhile, AD acts as an executor who processes various data sent from HTS suspects.
Meanwhile, the suspect RH acted as a data collector or looking for credit card data. Finally, RS acts as a provider of paxful accounts or other people's data
The suspects FSR and AZ were arrested based on the results of the development of the four suspects, namely the suspect HTS, et al, explained the Head of Public Relations of the East Java Regional Police, Pol. Grand Commissioner Gatot Repli Handoko, Monday (06/28/21).
From the results of the examination of the HTS in relation to the existing evidence, clues were obtained that led to the FSR. FSR acted as a joint account service provider and was successfully secured by officers in Bekasi.
The examination of HTS also leads to other suspects who have a role as email data (email results) to the HTS suspect, namely AZ in Jakarta, said the Head of Public Relations of the East Java Regional Police.
In the same place, Vice Director of Special Criminal Investigation Unit of East Java Regional Police, Great Captain Zulham Efendi added, the hacking case was revealed when the cyber patrol of the East Java Regional Police found a Facebook account belonging to HTS that posted an offer or sale of data. Namely in the form of Bank Of America (BOA) account data belonging to foreigners, e-mail data containing credit card data and marketplace account data (Venmo, Paxful and Indodax).
In one year, this gang generates profits of up to hundreds of millions, explained Great Captain Zulham Efendi.
The two perpetrators were charged with Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions Article 32 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 48 paragraph (2). He was also charged with Article 480 of the Criminal Code and/or Articles 55, 56 of the Criminal Code.
