Canvas offline after ShinyHunters data breach exposes student information
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Emma Roth
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Summary
Canvas, the Instructure-owned learning management platform, is currently down after confirming a massive data breach exposing student names, email addresses, ID numbers, and messages. The hacking group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility and displayed a ransom message to users attempting to access the system, including a link to a list of breached schools. Canvas's status page confirms that Canvas, Canvas Beta, and Canvas Test are currently unavailable.
Key quotes
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The message included a link to a list of schools ShinyHunter claims to have breached through Canvas
The platform's status page says Canvas, Canvas Beta, and Canvas Test are currently unavailable
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