Indonesia’s civil aviation authority has alleged suffered a massive security breach where a threat actor has claimed to have accessed critical data related to handling of air traffic in the country. The Indonesian civil aviation data breached was allegedly orchestrated by a threat actor, operating under the alias, “Hacker Mail”.

The threat actor has alleged exfiltrated more than 3GB of database which includes all employees and passwords for all applications, website user data, ID card photo data for all employees, drone pilot certificate participants, and flight data related to aircraft, pilot’s personal data, as well as all other activities in Indonesian airports.

Decoding Indonesian Civil Aviation Data Breach

The threat actor’s post on hacking site Breachforums, stated that the exfiltration of data occurred on June 27,2024.

In his post, the hacker stated, “The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is an element that implements some of the duties and functions of the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation, which is under and responsible to the Minister of Transportation. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is led by the Director General. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has the task of formulating and implementing policies and technical standardization in the field of air transportation. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation handles the administration and management of civil aviation within the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.”

To substantiate the data breach claim, the threat actor attached the following sample records.

• User log for small, unmanned aircraft certificates, remote pilot certificate and unmanned aircraft operation approval.
  

In this sample of data leak, the cyberattacker has claimed to  expose sensitive personal information of pilots, IP address used to login and date and time of login. The data is for users who logged in to one of the applications of the DGCA on 08/15/2022 and 08/16/2022.

• Sample chats which probably refer to communication of DGCA employees with pilots on 04/13/2022
  
• ID card photo data for all employees
  
• Userrname and password of employees who logged on to a DGCA application
  

Despite these high-profile declarations, a closer inspection reveals that Indonesia’s DGCA website is currently functioning normally, showing no signs of a security breach. The Cyber Express has reached out to the DGCA officials to verify the alleged cyberattack.

The authorities too are yet to release an official statement or response regarding the reported data breach, leaving the claims unverified as of now. The article too would be updated if any information is provided by the officials.

Indonesia Battles Three Major Cyberattack Claims in One Week

Hackers have recently carried out allegedly three major cyberattacks on key Indonesian establishments. Last week, a ransomware attack on Indonesia’s national data center has disrupted official government services including immigration services at airports. The attack has reportedly affected more than 200 government agencies at national and regional levels.

The attack was carried out by LockBit 3.0 ransomware, a variant known for encrypting victims’ data and demanding payment for its release. The attackers had offered a decryption key in exchange for an $8 million ransom. The AFP however reported that the Indonesian government though refused to pay the ransom but admitted that the cyberattack would have been rendered useless if there was a backup to the main server.

Earlier this week, a hacker “MoonzHaxor” had claimed to have breached Indonesian Military’s (TNI) Strategic Intelligence Agency (Bais) and offered to sell this data for $1,000 USD. The same hacker had announced breaching Indonesia’s Automatic Finger Identification System (Inafis) owned by the National Police (Polri). The data reportedly includes fingerprint images, email addresses, and SpringBoot application configurations.

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