The Guardian

Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?

Businesses are advised against paying – but many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacy After a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates and ...
The Guardian

Canvas platform strikes deal with hackers to delete students’ stolen data

Hack of online learning system caused chaos for students and faculty last week, delaying some final exams The company that operates the online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers ...
CNN

Data stolen in Canvas hack that hit thousands of schools has been returned, company says

Data stolen in a cyberattack that shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US last week has been returned to the platform’s parent company, Instructure, ...
The New York Times

Maker of Canvas Learning Platform Strikes Deal for Hackers to Return Data

Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given the hackers in exchange for the stolen data. By Qasim Nauman The ...
BBC

Canvas hack: Company pays criminals to delete students' stolen data

The company behind the popular Canvas software, which was hacked last week causing major disruption at thousands of universities and colleges, has paid the hackers not to publish stolen data online.
Inside Higher Ed

Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers

Instructure has paid a ransom to a gang of cybercriminals that have twice hacked the company’s learning management system, Canvas, over the past week and a half. According to an update published by ...
Newsweek

List of Universities, School Districts Impacted By Nationwide Canvas Hack

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A nationwide cyberattack affecting a widely used learning platform ...
Sacramento State University

Canvas For Students

As Sacramento State's official Learning Management System (LMS), Canvas supports learning wherever you are! It's cloud-based, mobile-optimized, and allows you to access your coursework, submit ...
USA Today

Security incident hits Canvas as finals loom for students across US

Canvas, a cloud-based learning management platform used by thousands of schools and universities, was hacked and disabled for hours as students attempted to access their grades and other class ...
The Independent

Hackers demand ransom after breaching major Canvas learning program used by schools and colleges nationwide

A massive cyberattack targeting a widely used education system is affecting millions of students and teachers across the country. A hacker group called “ShinyHunters” on Thursday claimed it breached ...
Los Angeles Times

Canvas back online after major breach, but some California campuses locked amid ongoing threat

Canvas, the learning management system used by UC, Cal State, USC, Stanford and California community colleges, went offline Thursday during finals preparations after a massive cybersecurity breach at ...
The New York Times

Canvas Online Learning Platform Shut Down for Hours After Cyberattack

Most users regained access to the platform hours after a hacking group said it had attacked Canvas’s parent company and breached 275 million people’s data. By Hannah Ziegler Canvas, a platform used by ...