--- From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <sureshat_private> To: "Declan McCullagh" <declanat_private> Subject: Fw: Media: Racist spam at NYU Biz school Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 18:52:51 +0530 > http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/81111p-74369c.html > > Hate-filled E-mails targeting African-Americans, Arabs and Muslims > flooded the inboxes of undergraduate students during a recent hacking > spree at NYU's Stern School of Business. > More than 100 messages were sent to the school's 1,600 students. Many > used the N-word liberally and included lengthy arguments in support of > stereotypes. > > "It was inexcusable stuff," said Andrea Clarke, 20, a senior in > Stern's undergraduate program. "A lot of students were very offended > and concerned." > > Campus officials said they will turn over their evidence to local or > federal authorities. > > NYU President John Sexton promised in a memo yesterday to "vigorously" > pursue an investigation. > > "While the spirit and intent of these vile messages was to hurt and > disrespect specific groups represented within our community, > sentiments such as those expressed in these E-mails caused anger and > pain for every thoughtful reader," Sexton said. > > The unknown perpetrator, who used the E-mail name "joecool781," is > thought to be affiliated with the campus. > > "One E-mail said minority groups were hurting the school," said Jeff > Galak, 20, a sophomore. "My guess is that it was a Stern student > sending them." > > At least one message was sent using a Hotmail account and a public > access computer on the campus, officials said. > > "I can't tell you how somebody who was off the campus came to know > about this ability to send mass mailings to our undergraduates," said > NYU spokesman John Beckman. > > He said the unauthorized campaign began about April 22 and ended April > 30. > > He said the perpetrator found a way to exploit an internal mailing > feature that allows administrators to send broadcast message to > students. [...] -- Suresh Ramasubramanian + mallet @ blackehlo.cluestick.org EMail Sturmbannfuehrer + Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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