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#6 The Record threat-intel May 12, 2026 at 13:01 UTC

Instructure pays ransom after Canvas incident as Congress announces investigation

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Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, confirmed it paid a ransom to the ShinyHunters extortion group following a breach that disrupted approximately 9,000 institutions and affected 30 million students during finals. The company negotiated a deal for 'digital confirmation of data destruction,' though security practitioners broadly consider such assurances unverifiable. The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security has launched a formal investigation and is requesting executive testimony on the incident and remediation steps.

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