threat-intel
Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide
High
Summary
A cybercrime group, ShinyHunters, disrupted the Canvas education technology platform, impacting schools and colleges nationwide. The group defaced the login page with a ransom demand, threatening to leak data from 275 million students and faculty, following an earlier data breach. Instructure responded by taking the platform offline, but the incident highlights ongoing vulnerabilities and the potential for significant disruption during critical periods like final exams.
Summary written automatically in our own words from the original article, which belongs to its publisher and remains the reference. It may contain errors. Sources & data