Thousands of Schools Impacted After IT Provider Hit by Ransomware

A leading provider of school website infrastructure has been hit by a ransomware attack, potentially disrupting thousands of global customers. 

Finalsite claims to serve over 8000 schools worldwide, offering content management, communications, mobile and enrolment software. 

A message posted by the firm on Twitter yesterday apologized for the “prolonged outage” customers have been forced to endure as a result of the attack.

“The Finalsite security team monitors our network systems 24 hours a day, seven days a week. On Tuesday, January 4, our team identified the presence of ransomware on certain systems in our environment,” it explained.