Mahfud Md’s Instagram Hacked | BALIPOST.com

JAKARTA, BALIPOST.com – The official Instagram account belonging to vice presidential candidate number 3 Mahfud Md was hacked or hacked. Spokesperson for the National Winning Team (TPN) Ganjar-Mahfud, Chico Hakim, confirmed this. “Yes, it’s true it was hacked. “Confirmed,” said Chico in Jakarta, quoted by the Antara news agency, Tuesday (16/1).

He said that his party was currently handling the hacking case with the parent company that oversees Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, namely Meta Platforms Inc. “We are currently taking care of this with the company that oversees FB and IG, Meta,” he explained.

The account uploaded a video of Israeli soldiers playing football at around 16.00 WIB. Chico also hopes that there will be no other misleading posts until Mahfud’s account can be restored.

“The point is, this was really hacked and hopefully there won’t be any other misleading posts before this account can be stopped,” concluded Chico.

Previously, Mahfud Md’s Instagram account uploaded a video of Israeli soldiers playing football. The post also provides an explanation using Hebrew or the mother tongue which is often used by Israeli residents.

Apart from that, the video upload touched on God and control. “God is above me, who can control me?” wrote the upload.

The Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) has received the registration of three presidential-vice presidential candidate pairs, namely Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md.

The election campaign period is set from 28 November 2023 to 10 February 2024, while voting is scheduled for 14 February 2024. (Kmb/Balipost)