The Communications and Information Ministry has denied that data on more than a billion registered Indonesian SIM cards that have reportedly been compromised was leaked from the ministry.

On Wednesday, a user named Bjorka from the online-hacking-forum Breach Forums posted a discussion thread claiming to have gotten hold of data entries for some 1.3 billion registered SIM cards in Indonesia, which allegedly includes national identity card numbers (NIK), associated phone numbers and telecommunication-provider markers and registration dates.

The ministry said it had conducted an internal search on the matter and claimed that it did not have any applications that store registration data of prepaid and postpaid SIM cards.

“Based on our observation of the data sample provided by the Bjorka account, it can be inferred that the data did not originate from [the ministry],” it said in a press statement responding to the incident on Thursday.

The ministry said it was investigating the source of the alleged leak and all related matters.

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In the online hacking forum, the user claimed to have obtained 87 gigabytes worth of uncompressed user data to offer up for sale.

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