Klerksdorp Midweek, Potchefstroom - All the NWU Facebook pages were hacked.
An SMS alert/notification was sent to all staff and students immediately upon realisation of the problem on Saturday September 23.
According to the Digital Media manager, Sinki Mlambo, they have been working with the relevant Meta offices and digital media partners to resolve the problem.
“We hoped that the problem would have been resolved sooner, but Meta’s processes are proving to be cumbersome and lack agility in resolving problems of this nature. The information at our disposal suggests that it may take up to two weeks to resolve the problem. Please do not use any of the NWU’s official Facebook pages or engage with the hackers via direct messaging service/messenger.”
The Meta FB pages and systems are not hosted or run on the NWU network systems; thus, the university’s systems and data were not affected at all.
