How did the Canvas hack happen, and what is ShinyHunters? Key facts about the incident that affected thousands of schools and universities
ShinyHunters claimed the attack as Instructure said exposed data may include names, emails and student IDs from 275 million users.
- On Thursday, a cyberattack on the Instructure Canvas platform disrupted operations for nearly 9,000 educational institutions worldwide, affecting 275 million students, teachers, and staff during final exam periods.
- Cyber crime group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, threatening to leak sensitive data unless institutions negotiated an agreement by May 12, according to screenshots provided to The Associated Press.
- Severe disruptions affected students at Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, leaving them "dead in the water here in academia right now," according to faculty.
- Although Instructure restored Canvas by Friday afternoon, the company confirmed that exposed information may include names, email addresses, student identification numbers, and private messages exchanged between users.
- This incident highlights a growing "platform concentration risk," as experts argue for stronger resilience standards including multi-factor authentication and "zero trust" approaches to protect student data.
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An alleged cyber attack on Canvas, a digital platform widely used in universities and schools across the United States, left students and teachers without access to essential materials for their educational activities.According to its parent company, Infrastructure, the cloud service has more than 30 million active users worldwide, as well as more than 8,000 institutions as clients.The apparent hack to the platform was registered on Thursday, Ma…
Hackers just stole data from 9,000 schools and unis around the world. How can we protect student privacy?
This week, US-based education technology provider Instructure announced a significant cybersecurity incident affecting its Canvas system. This is used by schools and universities around the world, including in Australia.
Canvas hackers obtained 'limited user information' from Indiana schools
INDIANAPOLIS — On Thursday, thousands of schools and universities were struck by a major cyberattack. A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for breaching Canvas, a digital platform used by thousands of schools worldwide. Canvas is used to manage grades, course notes, assignments, lecture videos and more. While the system is back online on Friday, [...]
How did the Canvas hack happen, and what is ShinyHunters? Key facts about the incident that affected thousands of schools and universities
An apparent cyberattack crippled an educational platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the United States on Thursday, depriving students and teachers of essential learning materials just as many are taking or preparing for their final exams.
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