In an effort to retrieve its compromised account, Kabarak University has turned to Facebook’s parent company Meta, which has its headquarters in Carlifonia.
Cybercriminals broke into the university’s official page account a week ago, using it to disseminate false and deceptive information that runs counter to the school’s Biblical Christian principles.
Prof. Henry Kiplagat, vice chancellor of the university, disclosed on Monday that the organization has contacted Facebook parent company Meta to assist in recovering the account.
While admitting that the university has yet to retrieve the account, Prof. Kiplagat disputed that the organization had set up a new account as a result of the attack.
“I want to make it clear that Kabarak University has not created any new account. Any account created in the name of Kabarak University is a pseudo account by cybercriminals aimed at tainting the name of the institution,” Prof Kiplagat told the Nation on phone.
“We have reached out to Facebook in an effort to recover the university’s account. We’ve forwarded this case to the concerned authorities and the action will be taken,” he further revealed without giving details.
The giant firm Meta has business operations in Kenya, but it doesn’t have a physical office, as its local employees work remotely.
The company owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, among other products and services.
Two days ago the hacker changed the profile photo and started posting unexplained words and photos.
On Saturday the hacker posted a cryptic message on the page which has 46,000 followers.
“Hello everyone here I just want to clarify about this account that was hacked, to be honest, I was just having fun so don’t take the posts I publish seriously, once again I’m sorry,” he said.
