Canvas outage exposes California’s risky dependence on a single edtech platform
TL;DR
A major hack knocked Canvas offline across California State University campuses and 116 community colleges, disrupting assignments and exams for more than a million students. While officials say core learning data wasn’t exposed, the outage highlights the vulnerability of centralized education software and has sparked calls for better data protections and potential audits of edtech reliance in the state.
- California colleges went big on online learning tools. Then the worst happened CalMatters
- Maker of Canvas Learning Platform Strikes Deal for Hackers to Return Data The New York Times
- Canvas data breach update: Hackers agree to delete data as Hamilton Cou reassures families WTVC
- NU Cybersecurity expert weighs in on Canvas cyber attack WOWT
- Instructure Reaches Ransom Agreement with ShinyHunters to Stop 3.65TB Canvas Leak The Hacker News
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