Hackers Take Down Canvas LMS, Disrupting Finals Across U.S. Colleges
TL;DR
A cyberattack on Instructure's Canvas learning-management system knocked the platform offline for thousands of schools and universities across the U.S., with the ShinyHunters group claiming responsibility and threatening data leaks; exams and finals were canceled at several campuses as the outage persisted, but Canvas gradually returned for most users by nightfall and investigations continued.
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- Cyberattack shutters Canvas learning platform for schools across the U.S. CBS News
- What we know about the Canvas hack impacting thousands of schools CNN
- Millions of students’ personal data stolen in major education breach Malwarebytes
- Utah-based tech company Instructure hacked, affecting millions of users globally KSL News
- Cyberattack disrupts thousands of US schools Yahoo
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