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Canvas Learning Platform Hit by Major Cyberattack During Finals Week

ShinyHunters hit Canvas, affecting major universities during finals, exposing schools' cyber vulnerabilities and threatening data leaks.
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The hacking group ShinyHunters targeted Instructure's Canvas learning management system Thursday, forcing thousands of schools offline during finals week. Major universities including Penn State, UCLA, Columbia, and Northwestern were affected, with Penn State canceling all tests and warning students of no access for 24 hours.

Canvas was restored for most users by Thursday night, but the hackers claim they accessed nearly 9,000 schools worldwide and billions of private messages. The group threatened to leak stolen data, setting deadlines of Thursday and May 12, suggesting ongoing extortion negotiations. This attack mirrors recent breaches at PowerSchool and other educational platforms, highlighting schools' vulnerability as prime targets for cybercriminals seeking digitized student data.

Source: CBS News
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