JAKARTA - Chinese and Russian hackers are attacking Indonesia's voter data base in a bid to disrupt the country's upcoming presidential election, according to a senior election commission official.
"Voter behaviour can be changed by de-legitimising the organiser of the election," he said, referring to the General Elections Commission, known as the KPU. The election pits Mr Prabowo, a former special forces general, against the incumbent, Mr Joko Widodo. "We've discovered 17.5 million dubious names on the official voter role," Mr Djojohadikusumo said on Tuesday in a text message.The latest allegations of voter fraud follow similar complaints made last year regarding the existence of 25 million ghost voters. An investigation later showed that there were some 700,000 fake voters, Mr Budiman said.
The Election Commission has also recently met with representatives from Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to try to ensure social media platforms were not used to spread hoaxes and manipulate the political process.
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