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#3 Krebs on Security threat-intel May 08, 2026 at 02:58 UTC

Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide

By BrianKrebs

AI Summary

The ShinyHunters cybercrime group breached Instructure's Canvas platform — used by nearly 9,000 educational institutions — and defaced login pages with a ransom demand threatening to leak data from 275 million students and faculty. The attack disrupted classes and coursework nationwide during finals season. This incident reinforces the systemic risk of single-vendor LMS dependencies across the entire U.S. education sector.

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