Hackers flood chats at California university with gory videos. ‘Could really not unsee’


Kim estimated that about 3,000 people viewed the ‘very disturbing gore’ starting around 9pm Jan 9, according to the publication. — Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash

A flood of gruesome videos of human and animal mutilation left in chats used by students and professors at a California university left viewers shaken, news reports say.

“There were some things on there that I just could really not unsee,” Alina Kim, who helps oversee student-run chatrooms at the University of California, Irvine, told KCAL.

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