Instructure Pays Ransom After Canvas LMS Hack Affecting 275 Million Users
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Kathryn Palmer
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Summary
Instructure, the education technology company behind the Canvas learning management system, paid a ransom to cybercriminals who hacked the platform twice over a week and a half. The hackers returned compromised data belonging to approximately 275 million users across more than 8,800 institutions. Instructure received confirmation of data destruction and assurance that no customers will be extorted as a result of the incident. The monetary value of the ransom deal remains unknown.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledreceived digital confirmation of data destruction (shred logs)
that no Instructure customers will be extorted as a result of this incident
The company—whose LMS is used to deliver courses by 41 percent of higher education institutions in North America
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