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What we know about the Canvas hack that has impacted thousands of schools
A cyberattack shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US Thursday, depriving students and teachers of essential classroom materials â at a time when many are taking or preparing for final exams.
Canvas, a popular, cloud-based digital hub for classrooms, has more than 30 million active users globally, with more than 8,000 institutions as customers, parent company Instructure says on its website.
Large public school systems and top universities like Columbia, Princeton, Harvard and Georgetown reported a ransom note signed by a hacking group had appeared on the homepage of their schoolsâ Canvas sites Thursday.
The hack came after the group believed to be behind it warned Instructure in a ransom note to âpay or leak,â saying it had accessed data from millions of users, including students, teachers, and staff.
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Nationwide security incident involving Canvas
Now that Instructure has advised that the incident has been contained and remediated, UC is making risk-based decisions about when to restore access to Canvas at campuses based on their operational needs. UC will continue to work closely with its IT teams across the system and determine next steps based on updates from Instructure. We understand the disruption this incident has caused for students, faculty, and staff. We will continue to monitor the situation and share additional information as it becomes available.
The University of California is closely monitoring the security incidents involving Instructure, the maker of learning management system Canvas used by thousands of educational institutions globally. Across our locations, we are aware that the Canvas login page displayed a suspicious message originating from the threat actor. The Instructure Security Incident Update & FAQs page provides information about what happened and how Instructure is responding.
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