Brown University's Canvas hacked in nationwide cyber-attack
SpilloverSpillover from the Instructure incident · View original incident →Brown University's Canvas was hacked in a cyber-attack across the US. The specific extent of the damage, whether information was leaked and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Brown University
- Original incident
- Canvas learning platform hack causes data leak and exam disruption
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Nationwide cyber-attack targeting Canvas
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It emerged that Brown University's Canvas had been hacked in a nationwide cyber-attack.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Instructure incident.
Canvas learning platform hack causes data leak and exam disruption
Impact: Leak of student and staff data and disruption of classes and exams at many US schools
A hack of Canvas, the learning platform run by Instructure, led to a data leak and service outages at many US schools. During May final exams, students were unable to complete their tests, and Boise State University cancelled some finals. Instructure said the hackers returned the data after extortion over the stolen information.
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