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What to Know About the Canvas Cyberattack

TIME·Chad de Guzman·25 days ago
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It’s finals season across many U.S. schools and universities, but for some students and teachers, the already stressful period has been aggravated by a cyberattack on a widely-used learning system that could put at risk the personal information of millions of its users. Multiple schools have reported that Canvas, a web-based platform by ed-tech firm Instructure that is used for course content, assignments, and grades , went offline on Thursday. According to Instructure, Canvas has more than 30 million active users. The Harvard Crimson , a student newspaper, reported that around the afternoon, those who accessed the platform were redirected to a message from hackers who identified as ShinyHunters and claimed responsibility for the breach. “ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again),” the message reportedly said, which TIME could not independently verify.…

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