Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform

Instructure Hacked by Extortion Group, UCSD Among Universities Affected

On May 7, 2026, at approximately 1 P.M., UCSD Canvas went down due to a hack at Instructure, the developer and publisher of Canvas. The hack began with a message from ShinyHunters, an extortion group responsible for multiple significant data breaches at large companies.  When students attempted to access Canvas, the page displayed a message from ShinyHunters. The message included a list of affected schools and a settlement demand to avoid the re…

Data stolen in Canvas hack has been returned

EAU CLAIRE, Wis., (WLAX, WEUX) - Data stolen in a cyberattack that shut down 'Canvas' -- an education platform used by schools and universities across the country -- has been returned. The attack caused an outage that impacted thousands of universities, including UW- Eau Claire, Stout, and the Eau Claire Area School District. Canvas' parent [...]

Data stolen from Canvas hack has been returned

(CNN, KYMA) - Data stolen in a cyberattack that shut down Canvas, an educational platform used by schools and universities across the country, has been returned. Parent company Instructure Holdings, Inc. said Monday hackers accessed usernames, email addresses, enrollment information and messages. Information, including course content, submissions and login credentials, was not compromised. A ransom note signed by the hacking group appeared on Ca…

Deal reached to delete data stolen from Canvas educational platform by hackers

A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for last week's breach, threatening to leak data involving nearly 9,000 schools worldwide and 275 million individuals if schools did not pay a ransom by May 6.

Canvas reaches deal with hackers after cyberattack took platform offline at thousands of schools

Instructure, the company behind Canvas, an online learning system that manages nearly all aspects of instruction, said it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor” to delete data stolen during a cyberattack. Hackers took the platform offline May 7 for thousands of schools and universities, including the University of Minnesota, during finals, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. A hacking group named ShinyHunters, which claimed respon…

Hunter public school says student and staff data safe after cyber attack

Hunter Region public schools had Canvas data recovered following a global cyber attack.