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The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students' private d

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6 May
Millions of students’ personal data stolen in major education breach

ShinyHunters claims it stole personal data from 275 million users on Instructure’s Canvas platform across schools and education providers.

REPORT · WHAT · Malwarebytes LabsOPEN STORY
3 May
Instructure confirms data breach, ShinyHunters claims attack

Educational tech giant Instructure has confirmed that data was stolen in a cyberattack, with the ShinyHunters extortion gang claiming responsibility. [...]

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
12 May
US govt seeks Instructure testimony on massive Canvas cyberattack

The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security is calling on Instructure executives to testify about two cyberattacks by the ShinyHunters extortion group that targeted the

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
7 May
Canvas login portals hacked in mass ShinyHunters extortion campaign

The ShinyHunters extortion gang has breached education technology giant Instructure again, this time exploiting another vulnerability to deface Canvas login portals for hundreds

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
12 May
Instructure Reaches Ransom Agreement with ShinyHunters to Stop 3.65TB Canvas Leak

American educational technology company Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said it reached an "agreement" with a decentralized cybercrime extortion group after it breached

REPORT · WHO · The Hacker NewsOPEN STORY
8 May
Thousands of schools around the US were paralyzed on Thursday after education tech firm Instructure shut down access to its Canvas platform following a breach by hackers going by the name ShinyHunters

Thousands of schools around the US were paralyzed on Thursday after education tech firm Instructure shut down access to its Canvas platform following a breach by hackers going by

OPINION · WHAT · WiredOPEN STORY
10 May
Thousands of schools around the US were paralyzed on Thursday after education tech firm Instructure shut down access to its Canvas platform following a breach by hackers going by the name ShinyHunters

Thousands of schools around the US were paralyzed on Thursday after education tech firm Instructure shut down access to its Canvas platform following a breach by hackers going by

OPINION · WHAT · WiredOPEN STORY
12 May
Instructure doesn’t explicitly say that it paid the hacking group that claimed responsibility for the attack, but this update certainly suggests as much.

Instructure doesn’t explicitly say that it paid the hacking group that claimed responsibility for the attack, but this update certainly suggests as much.

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
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