Jakarta – Jakarta – Dittipidsiber Bareskrim Polri arrested one of the two perpetrators of the hacking of credit cards for electronic payments in Japan. The perpetrator who was arrested had the initials DK. He was arrested in Yogyakarta. Meanwhile, another perpetrator with the initials SB is in Japan and is currently being hunted.
Dirtipidsiber Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Pol Adi Vivid Agustiadi Bachtiar said, in the period from 2016 to 2021 the suspect DK (perpetrators who are in Indonesia) made illegal access by using hacking tools 16shop to hack credit card info and Apple, Paypal, Amazon accounts, Cashapp and American Express belonging to the victims remotely using the Teamviewer application managed by the perpetrators with the initials SB (the perpetrators who are in Japan).
“This case involved illegal access by hacking the credit cards used by the perpetrators to make electronic payments at several market places in Japan,” said Police Brigadier General Adi Vivid at the Bareskrim Building, Tuesday, (8/8).
According to him, the two suspects bought hacking access at 16shop. Both of them bought access for around Rp700,000.
SB and DK are known to be fellow Disc Jockeys (DJs) in Bali. Both set a strategy to commit this crime.
Furthermore, continued Brigadier General Adi Vivid, his party has also collaborated with the Japanese Police Attache in this case. The SB mode smelled because he often bought electronic goods with hacked credit cards, then sold them to Japanese citizens.
“This SB bought several electronic goods, some were taken at the post, some were addressed to SB’s address in Japan. The address can be identified by the Japanese police. Then they were caught and developed so that we could secure DK’s brother,” he said.
It was recorded that there were 8 Japanese victims who reported it. Losses were estimated at Rp1.6 billion.
“We urge people who have e-commerce accounts and credit cards to carry out security according to the recommended procedures and change passwords regularly,” said Police Brigadier General Adi Vivid in a message.
“Avoid clicking on links of unknown origin and don’t forget to log out when you have finished making online transactions,” he added.
For the actions committed, the suspect was charged with multiple articles. The first is Article 46 paragraphs (1), (2), (3) in conjunction with Article 30 paragraphs (1), (2), (3) of the ITE Law concerning Illegal Access. The penalty is 8 years in prison.
Then Article 48 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 32 paragraph (1) of the ITE Law, Modification of electronic information & documents carries a penalty of 8 years in prison.
Furthermore, Article 51 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 35 of the ITE Law regarding manipulation of data as if it were authentic carries a penalty of up to 12 years in prison.
Finally, Article 363 of the Criminal Code for theft carries a penalty of 5 years in prison. Bembo
