Telkom Bantah Pasang Software Pengintai, Citizen Lab Sodorkan IP
Telkom Denies Install Software spy, Citizen Lab Have Proof IP
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) membantah memasang peranti lunak (software) pada server yang digunakan untuk mengawasi trafik dan konten yang diakses para pengguna.
"Tudingan yang menyebutkan bahwa Telkom memasang alat "spy" pada server sama sekali tidak benar. Kami memastikan Telkom tidak mempunyai aplikasi untuk memata-matai pelanggan," kata Direktur Utama Telkom Arief Yahya, melalui sambungan telepon kepada Menteri BUMN Dahlan Iskan di Jakarta, Selasa (19/3).
Pada kesempatan itu, Dahlan di hadapan sejumlah wartawan menghubungi Arief Yahya, untuk mengetahui perihal tudingan pemasangan alat mata-mata tersebut.
Melalui pengeras suara ponsel Dahlan Iskan tersebut, Arief menjelaskan bahwa artikel tersebut tidak berdasar.
"Artikel itu menyebutkan ada alamat internet protocol (IP) milik Telkom, tapi disimpulkan adalah pelanggan yang transit di jaringan Telkom," ujarnya.
Piranti Mata-mata
Sebelumnya diberitakan, PT Telkom Tbk dan Biznet, dua Penyelenggara Jasa Internet (PJI) terbesar di Indonesia dituding telah memasang piranti lunak (software) mata-mata pada servernya yang digunakan untuk mengawasi trafik dan konten yang diakses para penggunanya.
"Dugaan pemasangan software mata-mata pada server dilakukan di 25 negara," demikian laporan Citizen Lab, University Toronto dalam materi berjudul "You Only Click Twice: FinFishers Global Proliferation, seperti dikutip dalam situs Citizenlab.org.
Disebutkan, ke-25 negara tersebut adalah Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Qatar, Serbia, Singapore, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam.
Telah ditemukan server komando dan kontrol untuk "backdoors" FinSpy pada server Telkom dan Biznet. FinSpy, bagian dari solusi pemantauan jarak jauh Gamma International FinFisher.
FinFisher adalah perangkat lunak yang bekerja secara remote dan mengawasi pengguna, yang dikembangkan Gamma International GmbH. Produk FinFisher dijual secara eksklusif untuk menegakkan aturan terutama terkait dengan penyadapan.
Laporan tersebut menambahkan, walaupun peredaran piranti lunak ini dilindungi hukum, tetapi dalam praktiknya banyak digunakan untuk memata-matai para aktivis yang beroposisi dengan pemerintah.
Khusus di Indonesia, software mata-mata itu diklaim berasal dari alamat IP (internet protocol) server yaitu 118.97.xxx.xxx (Telkom), 118.97.xxx.xxx (Telkom), 103.28.xxx.xxx (PT Matrixnet Global), 112.78.143.34 (Biznet), 112.78.143.26, (Biznet).
Jakarta (B2B) - PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) has denied installed the software on the server, which is used to monitor traffic and content that is accessible to the user.
"Allegations that says that Telkom installed a" spy "on the server is not at all true. We ensure, Telkom has no application to spy on customers," said President Director of Telkom Arief Yahya, by telephone to the SOE Minister Dahlan Iskan in Jakarta, Tuesday (19/3).
On that occasion, Dahlan in the presence of several journalists contacted Arief Yahya, to know about the installation allegations spy tool.
Through loudspeakers the phone Dahlan Iskan, Arief explained that the article was not unfounded.
"The article said there is an internet protocol (IP) owned by Telkom, but the conclusion is that transit customers in the network Telkom," he said.
Spy Tool
Previously reported, PT Telkom Tbk and Biznet, two Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Indonesia has been accused of installed the software spies on the server that is used to monitor traffic and content access users.
"Alleged spy software installation on the server performed in 25 countries," the report Citizen Lab, University of Toronto in the material titled "You Only Click Twice: FinFishers Global Proliferation, as quoted in Citizenlab.org site.
Mentioned that the 25 countries are Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Qatar, Serbia, Singapore, Turkmenistan , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam.
It has been found for the command and control server "backdoors" FinSpy at Telkom and Biznet server. FinSpy, part of the remote monitoring solutions Gamma International FinFisher.
FinFisher is software that works remotely and supervise users, developed Gamma International GmbH. FinFisher products sold exclusively to enforce the rules, especially related to wiretapping.
The report added that despite the circulation of this software is protected by law, but in practice many are used to spy on the activists of the opposition to the government.
Particularly in Indonesia, spy software that claimed to come from the IP address (Internet Protocol) server that is 118.97.xxx.xxx (Telkom), 118.97.xxx.xxx (Telkom), 103.28.xxx.xxx (PT Matrixnet Global), 112.78 .143.34 (Biznet), 112.78.143.26, (Biznet).
