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Mass cybersecurity breach of learning platform hits Canadian post-secondary schools
Instructure took Canvas offline after an unauthorized actor made changes to pages, and more than 9,000 schools worldwide were implicated, officials said.
- More than 9,000 educational institutions worldwide, including Canadian universities such as the University of Alberta, University of Toronto, and University of British Columbia, experienced a cyberattack on the Canvas learning management system on April 29, 2026.
- Canvas manages grades, assignments, and lecture videos, and some user data like names, emails, student ID numbers, and messages were accessed; however, passwords, financial details, and government IDs were not compromised.
- The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach, stating that data from hundreds of millions of individuals were stolen, including students and staff.
- Affected universities temporarily shut down Canvas access, urged security precautions such as password changes, and investigations involving forensic and law enforcement teams are ongoing.
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A cyberattack hit universities worldwide, including top Canadian schools. Here's what we know
Thousands of schools around the globe, including in Canada, have been hit by a massive cybersecurity incident involving Canvas, an online learning-management system that connects millions of students with their instructors.
Several Canadian higher education institutions claim to have been hit by a cyber attack on an education system used by thousands of schools around the world.
·Montreal, Canada
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U of T working to determine what ‘may have been compromised’ after software used by thousands of universities hacked
Canvas, operated by Instructure, was restored before midnight on Thursday. It’s not entirely clear what data may have been breached in the cyberattack.
·Toronto, Canada
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