Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform
Instructure said the hackers returned the stolen data and provided shred logs, while the company said about 9,000 schools were affected.
- On Monday, Instructure, the parent company of the learning platform Canvas, announced it reached an agreement with the hacking group ShinyHunters to secure the return and destruction of stolen user data.
- ShinyHunters claimed the theft of data belonging to 275 million users at nearly 9,000 schools, causing significant disruption to educational institutions and exam schedules across the US last week.
- Instructure Chief Executive Officer Steve Daly confirmed the company received digital "shred logs" verifying data destruction, though the payment amount to ShinyHunters remains undisclosed.
- Although Canvas returned to service Friday, Daly noted that paying criminals offers no absolute guarantee of safety; law enforcement agencies warn such payments fuel further attacks.
- Instructure will host a webinar on May 13 to detail its response efforts and system security improvements, aiming to provide customers with additional peace of mind.
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Canvas' parent company strikes deal with hackers to delete data stolen from educational platform
A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the Canvas breach and threatened to leak data involving 275 million individuals if schools did not pay a ransom.
Canvas' parent company reaches agreement with hacking group behind recent breach
May 12 : The hacking group that targeted the Canvas educational tool and the parent company that owns the software struck a deal to secure stolen student and school data, the company said in a statement late Monday.In a statement posted to its website May 11, the company said it "reached an agreement with the
Canvas owner reaches ‘agreement’ with hackers to secure stolen data
Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management platform, says it has "reached an agreement" with hackers that breached its systems last week to prevent stolen data from being leaked online. The ShinyHunters hacking group claimed responsibility for the attack before Canvas was briefly taken offline. The group threatened to publish 3.5 terabytes of student data if ransom demands for a "settlement" weren't met. Now, Instructure says…
Data stolen in Canvas hack that hit thousands of schools has been returned, company says
Data stolen in a cyberattack that shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US last week has been returned to the platform’s parent company, Instructure, according to an update the company posted Monday.
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