Ransomware attacks popular school website template
Published: Jan. 8, 2022 at 7:56 AM CST
(KWQC) - Hackers have targeted software that powers the websites of thousands of schools with a ransomware attack. .
Final Site says about five thousand of the eight thousand schools it works with have been impacted, including both colleges and high schools.
A Final Site spokesperson says that no data was likely compromised and most sites are back online.
At least one school has said the incident interrupted communication with its applicants.
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