Canvas Breach Hits Schools Nationwide

Instructure's Canvas learning platform was hit by a breach and extortion attempt tied to ShinyHunters, exposing student and staff data at schools and universities that use the service.

The incident temporarily disrupted access during finals and end-of-term work, while schools and district officials assessed what information may have been exposed. It also renewed scrutiny of how much sensitive student data is concentrated in a small number of education technology platforms and how exposed identities can fuel phishing and other follow-on attacks.