Massive Canvas outage linked to alleged hacking campaign targeting educational institutions (Image: Reuters) Education tool Canvas, used by schools, colleges and universities for grades and other class materials, was hacked, blocking students from accessing the application, multiple college student newspapers reported on Thursday. The Harvard Crimson reported that students could not gain access to the site beginning on Thursday afternoon with hacking group ShinyHunters saying ⁠Harvard ​was among “thousands of schools allegedly affected by a breach of Instructure, Canvas’ parent company.” The Crimson reported that Canvas redirected users to a message from ShinyHunters in which the group claimed responsibility ​and ​posted a list of schools that ⁠had been breached.…