Indonesia probes million data breach as potential leak of peoples personal record could have been stolen

Experts say such data breaches point to Indonesia's weak cyber-security infrastructure. - The Straits Times/ANN

JAKARTA, Aug 31 (Bloomberg): Indonesia is investigating a potential leak of more than a million personal records stored in an old Covid-19 tracking application, the second data breach that hit the government in three months.

The government suspects its partner as the potential source of the leak from the electronic health alert card (eHAC) app that has been decommissioned since July 2, according to an official at the Health Ministry.

eHAC was mandatory for any traveler entering the country and for domestic flights. They were required to download the app and store data including contact details and their Covid test results.