Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has refuted reports circulating online claiming that hackers accessed the institution’s student portal and cleared fees for all students.
In a statement on Tuesday, December 9, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Robert Kinyua, said the information being shared on social media was false.
“JKUAT has noted with much concern recent misinformation circulating on social media claiming that the JKUAT Student Portal has been hacked. This information is false. All University systems and portals remain secure, and all student records and data are safe,” the statement read.
Kinyua explained that the brief portal interruption experienced earlier was due to a planned system upgrade, adding that the outage occurred during work to integrate new features under the revised university funding model.
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“The temporary outage experienced on the Student Portal, and which has since been resolved, resulted from a scheduled system upgrade that was being carried out to incorporate the student household fee component as per the new funding model,” the statement added.
Kinyua added that all information remained secure during the process.
“We reassure all our students and stakeholders that no data or records have been affected in any way,” the statement concluded.
By Juma Ndigo
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