Comox Valley Schools part of recent global cybersecurity incident

Comox Valley Schools part of recent global cybersecurity incident

Almost 9000 schools worldwide were hit by the recent ShinyHunters cybersecurity attack on the Canvas LMS, including Canadian K-12 school districts and universities. Among those K-12 districts affected was Comox Valley Schools. The hackers infiltrated schools through the learning management system (LMS), used by approximately 200 million people globally. An LMS is a digital platform that centralizes course materials, collaboration spaces, adminis…