Kabarak University has suspended its ICT manager after the institution’s facebook account was hacked three days ago.
The hacker has since been using the account to spread information that could be destructive to the Varsity’s reputation.
Efforts by the University to regain control of their facebook page seems to have hit a hard a rock as it sent out a notice stating that it had decided to surrender the verified account to the hacker and created a new one.
“Since our official page was hacked, we as the Kabarak University have decided to surrender this page to this scammer and we’ve been ordered to create another page.”
“We’ve forwarded this case to the concerned authorities and the action is being undertaken.We do apologize for any inconvenience brought by the malicious act. We have decided to suspend the ICT manager till further notice.Follow our new page for new updates from the University,” read the notice.
The hacker had demanded Ksh68,250 (500 dollars) to surrender the account back, before putting up another post daring the institution to recover the account.
“I will not return this account, but I challenge all of you to reclaim this account immediately-regards a student from one of Jakarta’s IT-based high schools, (Indonesia).” Read the post.
The account had 46,000 followers and 36,000 likes.