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Instructure Canvas hack leaks student and teacher data

First reported · Last reported · 36 related reports

Education technology company Instructure confirmed a data breach related to its Canvas platform. ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen data on 275 million users at about 8,800 schools and universities, and school login pages were defaced and services disrupted. The company reached an agreement with the attackers to prevent the data from being released, and US lawmakers demanded an explanation from the company.

Key facts

Affected organization
Instructure
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Data on 275 million users at about 8,800 schools and universities, according to the attackers
Cause / method
Hacking and data theft claimed by ShinyHunters
Location
Other countries

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Timeline

  1. Instructure confirmed a data breach, and ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen data on 275 million users.
  2. The attackers claimed to have stolen data from about 8,800 schools and universities.
  3. The defacement of school login pages and further hacking claims were reported.
  4. Instructure said it had reached an agreement with the attackers.
  5. An agreement with the attackers to prevent the release of 3.65TB of Canvas data was reported.
  6. US lawmakers demanded an explanation from Instructure regarding the Canvas data breach and service disruptions.

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