University of Western Sydney Hacked

The hackers are protesting the university's new iPad initiative, which they call 'nothing more than a marketing gimmick.' Australia's University of Western Sydney (UWS) has acknowledged that a UWS e-mail list was recently breached.

"The list has been shut down and a full investigation is underway," the university said in a statement. "We would like to assure you that this was limited to the email list and that other than an unfortunate amount of spam, your UWS Account is not under any threat. UWS IT Services apologises for the inconvenience caused and will report back with further information following the investigation."

"However, some students have reported receiving 300 spam emails as a result of the incident," writes Softpedia's Eduard Kovacs. "According to Mahmoud Elkhodr, an associate lecturer at the University of Western Sydney, one of the spam emails criticized the university’s iPad Initiative -- a program started by the institution in an effort to support learning and teaching innovations."