What Is the Instructure Canvas Breach? Impact, Risks, and What Institutions Should Do

The Instructure Canvas breach affects universities, K–12 school districts, and teaching hospitals globally. This blog entry intends to provide context and practical guidance...

Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide

An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States today, after a cybercrime group defaced the service's login page with a ransom demand that threatened to...

Millions of students’ personal data stolen in major education breach

Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system LMS, confirmed a cyber incident and subsequent data breach affecting its cloud‑hosted environment. The ShinyHunters ransomware group claims it is behind the attack and says it stole roughly 275 million records tied to students,...