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AU: University of New South Wales Facebook page flooded with soft porn in embarrassing hack

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Dissent

7News reports:

Graphic images and links to soft-core porn were posted on The University of New South Wales Facebook page early this morning, shortly before it kicked off it’s Open day.

One of the posts, which has since been deleted, showed images of pornographic actress Mia Khalifa, while others showed pictures of women’s backsides and breasts.

[…]

A UNSW spokesperson said the site’s administrators were alerted about a security breach early this morning.

“All avenues were tried internally to regain access to the site, but administrators had been locked out altogether,” they said.

Read more on News7. Images in the story may be NSFW.

Category: Education SectorHackNon-U.S.

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