Canvas breach hits Charlotte-area schools, exposing basic student data

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Multiple North and South Carolina school districts report a Canvas data breach; while basic directory-style data such as student names and IDs may have been accessed, officials say passwords, birth dates, financial data, and government identifiers were not involved, and there is no evidence of ongoing unauthorized access as investigators coordinate with Instructure to secure accounts.
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- Duke among 9,000 schools affected by Canvas cyberattack The Duke Chronicle
- Massive Canvas data breach impacting several SoCal schools ABC7 Los Angeles
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