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1 day ago

Canvas hack: company pays criminals to delete students' stolen data

Instructure paid hackers to prevent publication of stolen Canvas data, returning it with digital confirmation of destruction and preventing extortion of affected customers.
fromTechCrunch
5 days ago

Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack | TechCrunch

Hackers were able to compromise Instructure again - this time defacing several schools' login pages to the company's platform Canvas, which allows schools to manage coursework and assignments and communicate with students. TechCrunch saw a message published by the cybercrime group ShinyHunters on the Canvas login pages of three separate schools. A review of the defaced portals shows that the hackers injected an HTML file that altered the login screens to display their message.
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