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FinalSite ransomware attack shuts down thousands of school websites

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports:

FinalSite, a leading school website services provider, has suffered a ransomware attack disrupting access to websites for thousands of schools worldwide.

FinalSite is a software as a service (SaaS) provider that offers website design, hosting, and content management solutions for K-12 school districts and universities. FinalSite claims to provide solutions for over 8,000 schools and universities across 115 different countries.

On Tuesday, school districts that hosted their websites with FinalSite found that they were no longer reachable or were displaying errors.

Read more at BleepingComputer.


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