UP System Twitter ‘hacked’

By Gabriela Baron

The official Twitter account of the University of the Philippines (UP) System was hacked on Monday, April 25.

UP System’s username has since been replaced with the name “Takashi Murakami.”

In a statement, UP Media and Public Relations Office (UP MPRO), which handles UP System’s Twitter account, said unknown users took over the account at 7:20 p.m. on Monday and posted content not affiliated with the University.

“The incident deprives its online constituency on Twitter, of important announcements, news stories, and other online content that the Office publishes on the University’s website and promotes on its social media accounts,” UP MPRO said.

“In the meantime, the Office calls upon the university community members to keep abreast with the latest announcements, news, stories, and online features from UP via the official accounts on other social media platforms,” it added.

UP MPRO assured the public that the UP System Twitter account will be recovered and again “used in the service of the University community and the Filipino people.”

UP System’s official Twitter account has over 207,000 followers.

As of this writing, the account remains hacked. – ag

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