FUTA SUSPENDS FINAL YEAR STUDENT WHO HACKED PREMIUM TIMES WEBSITE
The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) has issued an indefinite suspension to a final year student of the Department of Food Science and Technology (FST), Afolabi Emmanuel, for allegedly hacking the website of an online news publication, Premium Times.
The Management of FUTA described the act as one that constitutes misconduct and misuse of University IT infrastructure.
The suspension was disclosed in a statement issued by Adegbenro Adebayo, the University’s Deputy Director, Corporate Communications, on Wednesday, August 5.
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In the letter of suspension, the University noted that it received a complaint from Premium Times about a Denial of Service, DOS attack on its website between 28th and 29th February 2020, through a concerted vulnerability scanning by a person using the IT infrastructure of the university.
Adebayo said the action followed the complaint the university management initiated and it was discovered that Emmanuel carried out the alleged act of misconduct using the login credentials of two members of staff without authorisation to perpetrate the act.
The Deputy Director added that, while the university was still putting in place an arrangement to give Emmanuel an opportunity to explain himself, he was being placed on indefinite suspension retroactively from March 18.
The suspension notice read, “In the extant Student’s Handbook of Information, your action is misconduct to abuse the use of university IT Infrastructure.
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“While still putting in place an arrangement to give you an opportunity to explain yourself, you are hereby placed on an indefinite suspension retroactively from 18th March 2020.”
“In effect, Emmanuel should not be found anywhere in or near the precincts of the Federal University throughout the period of his indefinite suspension.
“The University deplores such behaviour and reiterates that it will continue to visit such aberrant act with the full weight of the rules and regulations governing Students behaviour and conduct off and on the campus.
“For the avoidance of doubt, only students who are worthy in learning and character can lay claim to and be addressed as FUTA students.”
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