The University of Hawaii faculty union has notified authorities after its website was the subject of an apparent cyberattack Thursday.

Kristeen Hanselman, associate executive director of the UH Professional Assembly, said no sensitive faculty information is believed to have been compromised.

The site is operational again.

In an email to members Thursday, UHPA said, "For the first time in 20 years, our web site is apparently under what is called a ‘denial of service attack’ whereby a nefarious source is overloading our web servers by attempting a forcible entry. We are investigating this situation and are contacting the proper authorities to take appropriate action."

The incident comes in the wake of UHPA’s controversial decision to end its affiliation with the National Education Association.

When asked whether she believed the cyberattack could be related to the NEA issue, Hanselman said, "It’s a strange coincidence."

In a second email to members Thursday, UHPA warned members about "misleading communications" from NEA.

UHPA said some members had received repeated emails and telephone calls from NEA "designed to undermine the UHPA elected leadership and the bylaws of our union."

The email also said that given NEA’s declining membership, UHPA’s decision is a "threat to NEA and its bottom line" and that the union may be concerned about UHPA’s "influence on other higher education affiliates to consider independence as an option."