Nationwide Canvas Outage Disrupts Chicago Colleges Amid Cybersecurity Incident
A nationwide Canvas outage disrupted classes at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and all University of Illinois campuses after Canvas’ parent company reported a cybersecurity incident that exposed names, email addresses and student IDs (no passwords or financial data); finals and assignments were postponed in Illinois, login access was disabled on several campuses, and universities urged contingency plans as restoration timelines remain unclear.