Jaring.id journalist's cell phone hacked

Description

The cell phone of Journalist Jaring.id was disturbed on Saturday, March 12, 2022.

Journalist Jaring.id, Somad gave a chronology about the case. His cellphone completely turned off On Saturday, March 12, 2022. When the cellphone activated, he couldn't enter the home screen. At that time, he was using a phone with type Xiaomi Redmi.

When activated, then he can not access to home. So, Somad decided to restart his cellphone. After a total restart, he tried to reinstall the WhatsApp application.
After login again, suddenly there is already a broadcast list or sending messages to 27 people. However, he had no idea what the message contained. The recipients are known 27 people.

At that time, Somad with the Indonesialeaks team were working on joint investigative coverage. Somad then reported to his editor, and to the Indonesialeaks team about the disturbance. Also, he reported the case to SAFEnet and AJI Indonesia.

Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Male
Age
Country
DKI Jakarta
Full name or name of group
Unidentified
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Hacking