Instructure confirms hackers used Canvas flaw to deface portals

Education technology giant Instructure has confirmed that a security vulnerability allowed hackers to modify Canvas login ...
The New York Times

Canvas Online Learning Platform Shut Down for Hours After Cyberattack

Most users regained access to the platform hours after a hacking group said it had attacked Canvas’s parent company and breached 275 million people’s data. By Hannah Ziegler Canvas, a platform used by ...
KCCI Des Moines

Canvas cyberattack: Most Iowa schools back online

A cyberattack caused chaos for students at thousands of schools across the country, including many school districts, colleges and universities in Iowa.The attack Thursday targeted a system that ...
Wall Street Journal

Canvas Hack Temporarily Disrupts Thousands of Schools

Canvas, one of the most widely used education apps, said it had restored services after pulling the plug in the middle of finals week at many colleges to deal with a cybersecurity incident. From ...
The Verge

Canvas is online again after ShinyHunters threaten to leak schools’ data

A massive outage of the learning platform started with a ransom message claiming to be from the ShinyHunters hacking group. A massive outage of the learning platform started with a ransom message ...
Lifehacker

Canvas Has Been Hacked, and Is Apparently Being Held for Ransom

Shinyhunters hacker group has compromised Canvas, the learning management system used by over 8,000 schools and universities. The hackers are demanding ransom by May 12, or data will be released. A ...
USA Today

Is Canvas down on Thursday, May 7, 2026? Latest updates

If you're trying to log in to Canvas by Instructure on Thursday and you're having trouble, you may be wondering: Is it just you? It appears that the answer is: No. DownDetector indicated that there ...
CBS News

Canvas back online after cyberattack shuttered learning platform for schools across U.S.

A system that thousands of schools and universities use was offline Thursday due to a cyberattack, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals and underscoring education's dependence on ...
WFTV

Major cybersecurity breach hits Canvas, exposing millions of students’ and teachers’ data

ORLANDO, Fla. — A major cybersecurity breach involving the online education platform Canvas is raising concerns for schools and colleges across Central Florida. Millions of students and teachers ...
NBC Chicago

Was Canvas hacked? What we know as issues reported at Chicago-area schools, across U.S.

A "security incident" impacting a popular classroom software caused issues for students at schools across the U.S. on Thursday, including Chicago-area universities like Northwestern and Dominican.
The Chronicle

Duke among 9,000 schools affected by Canvas cyberattack

Instructure has since struck an agreement with ShinyHunters. Read more here. Update 11:25 p.m.: As of Thursday evening, Canvas was largely operational once again. According to an 11:17 p.m. status ...