A massive outage of the learning platform started with a ransom message claiming to be from the ShinyHunters hacking group. A massive outage of the learning platform started with a ransom message claiming to be from the ShinyHunters hacking group. by May 7, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. The Instructure-owned learning management platform, Canvas, is down after recently confirming a massive data breach that impacted student names , email addresses, ID numbers, and messages. Students attempting to access the system on Thursday saw a message from the hacking group ShinyHunters, which claimed responsibility for the attack: ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again).…