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FL: Leon County Schools website hacked during spring break

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Dissent

Karah Bailey reports:

 One of the last things parents might want their children to experience was the first and most noticeable thing on the Leon County Schools homepage this morning: hate speech highlighted in an orange banner for all who logged in to see.

The post, with comments too offensive to repeat, has been taken down from the Leon County schools website. It included racist and discriminatory language that district leaders says is vile and disgusting.

Read more on WTXL.

LCS was impacted by a vendor breach several years ago. One can only hope that the current incident did not involve reused passwords from that incident.

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