Canvas is online again after ShinyHunters threaten to leak schools’ data

Source: The Verge

Canvas Restored After ShinyHunters Threat

The Instructure‑owned learning management platform, Canvas, is back online after a massive data breach that exposed student names, email addresses, ID numbers, and messages. While the system was down, users who tried to log in on Thursday encountered a message from the hacking group ShinyHunters, which claimed responsibility for the attack:

ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again). Instead of contacting us to resolve it they ignored us and did some “security patches.” If any of the schools in the affected list are interested in preventing the release of their data, please consult with a cyber …

The platform has since been restored.

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