The university’s social media platform which Boost 46,000 followers began posting questionable posts on the night of Thursday, May 4.
Kenyans online discovered that things were not okay for the private university owned by the former president the late Daniel Moi’s family.
The profile photo was changed to a photo of a man of Asian descent hours after it was hacked.
Immediately after taking over the page, the hacker began making posts contrary to the institution’s Christian beliefs and foundation.
One of the photos that got people surprised and laughing was that of the hacker posing with a lit cigarette in his mouth. Under the cover photo.
As soon as they gained access to the page, the hackers update their photo as the new profile picture and on their second post saying, “Bang ngewe yu bang” which is Javanese and loosely translate to “I’m sorry” in English.
The posts were described by one Kenyan facebook user as directly inverse to what the university stands for and hoped they would be able to recover it sooner than later.
Kenyans on Twitter were stunned by the audacity of the hackers to make posts of alcohol bottles, skimpily dressed women on motorbikes and other posts on the page of a Christian University.
The university issued an official statement about the loss of control of the Facebook page.
“We regret to inform the public that our official Facebook page has been compromised by a group of cybercriminals.
As a result, the criminals are using it to spread malicious and misleading images and information that are contrary to the Bibilical Christian values of Kabarak University.
We want to assure our stakeholders and the general public that we are taking all necessary measures to regain control of our page and prevent any further unauthorized access,” the University wrote.
The University also advised the 46,000 followers of their Facebook page to disregard the information being posted on the account and to directly contact them directly through their official website and other verified social media accounts.
“It is important to note that any information of advertisements posted on our Facebook page by these criminals do not represent our institution and we disassociate ourselves from them entirely.
We understand that the situation has caused significant disruption to our online presence and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused,” the University said in their statement.
However, the hacker seems to be having financial problems if the post updated 12 hrs ago is anything to go by.
Through the post, he tells the University to pay 500$ equivalent 68,250,00 Sh to get their account back, while expressing confidence the offer is very little for such a big institution.
“I also have another option, you guys just give me 500$ , and I’ll bring this page back, the offer is cheap for a big university” Read the post.
Kabarak University further promised to implement more security measures to prevent any breaches in the future.
