The management of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State has suspended one of its students, Mr Afolabi Emmanuel for allegedly hacking the website of Premium Times.
Mr Adegbenro
Adebayo, the university’s Deputy Director of Corporate Communications who made
the announcement on Wednesday August 5 said the action of the final year
student of the Department of Food Science and Technology constituted a
misconduct and misuse of the university’s
IT infrastructure.
The University's
management further revealed that it received a complaint from Premium
Times about a Denial of Service/(DOS) attack on its website between Feb. 28 and
Feb. 29 through concerted vulnerability scanning by a person using the IT
infrastructure of the university.
An investigation
which was carried out revealed that Emmanuel carried out the alleged act of
misconduct using the log in credentials of two members of staff without
authorisation.
The student who has
been placed on indefinite suspension retroactively since March 18, is not to be
found anywhere in or near the precincts of the institution throughout the
period.
The statement partly
read;
“Following the
complaint, the university management initiated an investigation and it was
discovered that Emmanuel carried out the alleged act of misconduct using the
log in credentials of two members of staff without authorisation to perpetrate
the act.
“In the extant
Student’s Handbook of Information, your action is a misconduct to abuse the use
of university IT infrastructure.
“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 of March,
2020.
“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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