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Instructure confirms data breach, ShinyHunters claims attack

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5 May
Instructure hacker claims data theft from 8,800 schools, universities

The hacker behind a breach at education technology giant Instructure claims to have stolen 280 million data records for students and staff from 8,809 colleges, school districts,

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN 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
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
5 May
The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students' private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch.

The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students' private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch.

OPINION · WHAT · TechCrunchOPEN 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
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
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
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
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