Hacker claims responsibility for replacing NYU’s website with apparent test scores, racial epithet
A dark web user has claimed responsibility for briefly hacking NYU’s website and replacing it with what appeared to be test scores and an apparent racial epithet.
That's why its a first step. First steps don't need to be logical, they need to be something that moves the object at rest into motion. And the best way to do that is make it something that might cause you harm or loss. Emotional reactions or shock of some kind.