Instructure Confirms Cybersecurity Incident
- On Friday, Instructure disclosed a cybersecurity incident, confirming that data was stolen in a cyberattack while ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach.
- Data shared by the threat actor indicates the alleged dataset spans almost 15,000 institutions across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, containing over 240 million records.
- While Instructure continues investigating, the company confirmed that user PII including names, email addresses, and messages was exposed; no passwords or financial information were involved.
- Customers are required to re-authorize access to the Instructure API, as the company deployed patches and rotated application keys as a precautionary step.
- Nearly 9,000 institutions worldwide are affected by the incident, yet Instructure has not responded to questions regarding the timing of the breach or extortion demands.
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New Hanover County Schools addresses cybersecurity incident involving Canvas platform
NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — New Hanover County Schools is sharing new information about a recent cybersecurity incident involving Canvas, the online learning management system used by schools, colleges and universities across the country. According to the a message sent to families from Superintendent Chris Barnes, the cyberattack did not originate within the district’s own systems. Instead, officials said the incident involved Canvas, which…
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ed.nlSeven Dutch universities have been hit by a cyberattack on Instructure, the company behind the educational software Canvas. The umbrella organization Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) reports that the affected universities are the University of Amsterdam, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tilburg University, Eindhoven University of Technology, Maastricht University, and the University of Twente.
More than 44 Dutch educational institutions are said to have been affected by the large-scale hack on the educational software Canvas. This is evident from the list shared by the hacker group ShinyHunters. Among the victims are the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, the University of Amsterdam, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, and the Grafisch Lyceum in Rotterdam. These institutions are being extor…
'Personal information' of Australian students potentially stolen in Canvas data hack
The international learning management software Canvas, used by various universities and schools, was hacked on Saturday. One of the facilities impacted says some of its data has been accessed by a "criminal third party".
“PAY OR LEAK”: Hackers Target Big Higher Ed Vendor
The criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak. The higher education sector got another reminder over the weekend that it remains a prime target for cybercriminals.
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