Indonesia probes possible leak of social security data

The probe comes as Indonesia pushes forward with a campaign to inoculate more than 180 million people against Covid-19. - AFP

JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia has started an investigation into a possible leak of social security data involving its more than 270 million population.

The government is probing whether the data held by its Healthcare and Social Security Agency, known as BPJS, has been leaked, Communications Minister Johnny Gerard Plate said in a text message to Bloomberg. BPJS Kesehatan, which manages the country’s universal healthcare program, is investigating whether it was involved in the leak.