Dream - The social media account of the candidate for vice president (Cawapres) number 3, Mahfud MD, on Instagram is suspected to have been hacked. The account has been inaccessible since Tuesday, January 16, 2024, afternoon. The latest post on the @mohmahfudmd account features a video of several people in military uniforms heading a ball. The video is accompanied by a caption in Hebrew letters and language which, when translated, means "God is above me, who can control me."

Special Staff of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Rizal Mustary, confirmed that Mahfud MD's Instagram account was hacked by an external party outside the management team. Rizal stated that the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs team is currently making efforts to recover Mahfud's Instagram account.

Rizal also ensured that all posts and direct messages (DM) sent from that account since this morning are not from Mahfud MD. Similar information was also conveyed by the Deputy Executive Director of Content and Social Media of the National Winning Team (TPN) Ganjar-Mahfud, Eko Kuntadhi. He revealed that the suspiciousness of the account had been indicated since Monday, January 15, 2024.

The strangeness can be seen from Mahfud's post about Ganjar Pranowo rejecting the Israeli national football team suddenly disappearing. "Currently, we are still trying to take over the account. We hope this hacking has nothing to do with the presidential election. Although, we are still investigating all possible causes," said Eko.

According to TPN monitoring, in the past few days, Mahfud MD's performance on social media is recognized as superior compared to other vice presidential candidates from other pairs of candidates. "Prof Mahfud is currently in the spotlight. We monitor from social media, public support for him is increasing organically ahead of the 4th debate this Sunday," said Eko.

Mahfud MD has recently been actively conducting live broadcasts called 'Tabrak, Prof!' on his Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube accounts. The program features the vice presidential candidate's visits to address questions regarding national issues and injustices experienced by the attending citizens.