During a meeting held here on Thursday (March 6), they reaffirmed their joint commitment to carrying out law enforcement operations against cybercrime perpetrators.
"Digital space security is a priority. There is no tolerance for cybercrime perpetrators who threaten public order," Hafid said, as quoted in a press release from here on Monday.
She emphasized the importance of close collaboration between the government and law enforcement agencies to create a safe and reliable digital ecosystem.
Meanwhile, Police Chief Prabowo stated that the police's cooperation with the ministry encompasses enhancing personnel capacity and providing technological support to overcome digital crimes.
The ministry has received numerous reports from the public regarding fraudulent SMS messages.
The perpetrators misused radio frequencies to send short messages to mobile phones en masse for fraudulent purposes.
Hafid explained that the perpetrators used fake BTS devices to broadcast signals to mimic those from official BTS operators and sent messages containing fake prize offers or requests for personal data.
Earlier, Hafid affirmed that her side would take firm action against cases of misuse of radio frequencies used to spread fraudulent SMS messages through fake BTS.
She also deployed the Radio Frequency Spectrum Monitoring Agency (Balmon SFR) to monitor and track the source of illegal radio frequency signals used by the perpetrators.
From the initial investigation results, the Ministry's Directorate General of Digital Infrastructure (DJID) has found strong indications of the use of illegal BTS devices at several locations.
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