Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals
Summary
A cyberattack disrupted the online learning platform Canvas during final exams at many US schools and colleges. The company Instructure temporarily took Canvas offline after detecting unauthorized access, and the platform was restored by Friday morning.Key Facts
- Canvas was attacked by a ransomware group called ShinyHunters.
- The attack happened as students were taking final exams.
- ShinyHunters claim they stole data related to 275 million people from 8,800 schools.
- Data accessed included user names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and messages.
- There is no evidence that passwords, birth dates, government ID numbers, or financial info were taken.
- Some universities postponed or rescheduled exams because of the disruption.
- ShinyHunters previously stole data from cloud provider Snowflake and other companies.
- Instructure took Canvas offline to stop the attack before bringing it back online.
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