Cyberattack disrupts Canvas learning platform

A significant cyberattack has disrupted the Canvas online learning platform, impacting students across the United States as they attempted to complete final exams. The attack, attributed to the ransomware group ShinyHunters, led to the temporary shutdown of Canvas by its parent company, Instructure. This incident follows a previous data breach disclosed by Instructure, which exposed user names, email addresses, and student ID numbers. The cybercriminals claimed to have accessed data from millions of individuals associated with thousands of educational institutions, demanding ransom and causing widespread academic postponements and rescheduling.