IN A statement released on June 23, the Ateneo Celadon stated that their official Facebook account was hacked and that the announcement on the impeachment of three of its officers was a hoax.
On June 21, an image file of a document detailing the supposed offenses of Celadon Vice President for Communications and Publications Timothy Ching, Associate Vice President for Corporate Relations Jesse Lui and Vice President for Corporate Relations Erika Angeles surfaced on Celadon’s account. The document used the official Celadon letterhead.
The June 23 statement was signed by the Celadon Executive Board while the latter did not have any signatories.
Ching and Lui were allegedly impeached for violating the Celadon Constitution by failing to uphold “respect and responsibility befitting of a Celadon leader” and to maintain the reputation of the organization and the welfare of its members.
The two were also accused of undermining the integrity of the organization by “baselessly accusing and harassing” Celadon President Aldrin Chua in front of some officers of the Council of Organizations of the Ateneo.
Ching also supposedly undermined the organization’s integrity by plagiarizing images for a promotional poster. He also purportedly showed disorderly behavior by lambasting and shouting at one of his fellow officers during a Celadon meeting.
Moreover, Angeles was said to have violated the Celadon Constitution by denying and overruling the appointment of an officer and by wrongfully obtaining documents from the “Office of Student Affairs.”
Celadon’s Facebook account also commented on its post: “There was no hacked, the other clique side of Celadon officers is misleading Celadoneans. Warning do not be fooled with their statements.”
According to the clarification statement published by Celadon, the hacker was able to access the organization’s account at 3:13 PM. The Celadon Communications and Publications Department regained access by evening and removed the hacker’s post.
In an interview with The GUIDON, Chua clarified that no officers were impeached.
“What we want to emphasize is that we have great confidence in the people enumerated in the [hacker’s] post… We have no problem with them and we have great confidence with their skills and abilities,” he said.
According to Chua, the hacking might have been due to the ease in breaking security since the password to the Celadon’s Facebook account was easy to guess. He said they have changed the password since the incident.
Chua added that the hacker probably obtained past Celadon documents and scanned it for the letterhead.
