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Canvas, the online learning platform used by thousands of schools and universities across the U.S., suffered a widespread outage Thursday after hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on parent company Instructure. The disruption affected major institutions including Harvard and the University of Michigan during final exam season, as well as school districts in California, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Oregon, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin, though most users regained access later in the day. Instructure said Canvas was operational again for most users, although some testing services remained offline. ShinyHunters claimed it accessed data belonging to more than 275 million people across nearly 9,000 schools, threatening to release additional information unless Instructure responds by May 12. The group said the stolen data includes personal information such as names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and Canvas messages. Instructure disclosed a cybersecurity incident on May 1 and said forensic experts were investigating. The company stated there was no evidence that passwords, financial information, government IDs, or birthdates were compromised, and said the breach had been contained by May 2. The hacking group briefly posted ransom messages directly on student Canvas pages before those notices were replaced with maintenance alerts. ShinyHunters has previously targeted major companies including Ticketmaster, Microsoft, and AT&T, and has recently focused on education-related organizations.
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Canvas, the online learning platform used by thousands of schools and universities across the U.S., suffered a widespread outage Thursday after hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on parent company Instructure. The disruption affected major institutions including Harvard and the University of Michigan during final exam season, as well as school districts in California, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Oregon, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin, though most users regained access later in the day. Instructure said Canvas was operational again for most users, although some testing services remained offline. ShinyHunters claimed it accessed data belonging to more than 275m people across nearly 9,000 schools, threatening to release additional information unless Instructure responds by May 12. The group said the stolen data includes personal information such as names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and Canvas messages. Instructure disclosed a cybersecurity incident on May 1 and said forensic experts were investigating. The company stated there was no evidence that passwords, financial information, government IDs, or birthdates were compromised, and said the breach had been contained by May 2. The hacking group briefly posted ransom messages directly on student Canvas pages before those notices were replaced with maintenance alerts. ShinyHunters has previously targeted major companies including Ticketmaster, Microsoft, and AT&T, and has recently focused on education-related organizations.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has initiated an investigation into whether public schools are displaying posters of the Ten Commandments, following a federal court ruling that allows the state to enforce such a law. Paxton stated: “I will always fight for students' fundamental right to pray in our schools.” Over two dozen school districts must provide documentation regarding the display of the Ten Commandments and their policies on daily prayer. The law, passed in 2025, mandates that public schools display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. A recent ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the law does not violate the Constitution, which prohibits the establishment of an official state religion. However, civil rights organizations representing families who oppose the law argue it promotes a specific religious interpretation and undermines the separation of church and state. They plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision.
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Canvas, the online learning platform used by thousands of schools and universities across the U.S., suffered a widespread outage Thursday after hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on parent company Instructure. The disruption affected major institutions including Harvard and the University of Michigan during final exam season, as well as school districts in California, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Oregon, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin, though most users regained access later in the day. Instructure said Canvas was operational again for most users, although some testing services remained offline. ShinyHunters claimed it accessed data belonging to more than 275m people across nearly 9,000 schools, threatening to release additional information unless Instructure responds by May 12. The group said the stolen data includes personal information such as names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and Canvas messages. Instructure disclosed a cybersecurity incident on May 1 and said forensic experts were investigating. The company stated there was no evidence that passwords, financial information, government IDs, or birthdates were compromised, and said the breach had been contained by May 2. The hacking group briefly posted ransom messages directly on student Canvas pages before those notices were replaced with maintenance alerts. ShinyHunters has previously targeted major companies including Ticketmaster, Microsoft, and AT&T, and has recently focused on education-related organizations.
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