A cyberattack against one of the world’s largest digital education platforms has forced attention onto the vulnerability of U.S. schools’ data. ...

Instructure, parent company of the education platform Canvas, said it took “immediate steps” to contain the hack before calling law enforcement.

While students change passwords and watch out for imposter scams, schools should start scrutinizing their third party providers and practice for the next hack.

Cyberattacks on widely used third-party services like Canvas can expose sensitive data that hackers can later weaponize. Higher education institutions are often a prime target.

A cyberattack against one of the world’s largest digital education platforms has forced attention onto the vulnerability of U.S. schools’ data. ...

Hacking group interrupts exams in breach of Canvas educational platform used by thousands of universities, schools in US, Canada, Australia

Instructure paid a ransom after hackers stole 275 million Canvas records, reducing risks of wider extortion and leaks.

Instructure says the stolen Canvas data impacting millions of students and staff was “returned.” That’s not how breaches work.

The company behind Canvas says it has "reached an agreement" with the hackers who disrupted thousands of colleges and universities.

University of Galway and Munster Technological University both said they faced service disruptions following the Canvas hack.

Instructure, Canvas’ parent company, said it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident.”

The maker of the Canvas school software said it "reached an agreement" with the hackers, but provided no guarantees that the hackers would not release the data or keep their word.

Hack of online learning system caused chaos for students and faculty last week, delaying some final exams

The parent company of Canvas, used by thousands of schools and universities, said it has made a deal with hackers to return the data.

The Canvas ransomware attack highlights that threat actors will target digital platforms to gain access to downstream systems.

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Other than Instructure execs - maybe?