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Instructure hackers claim 9,000 schools' data stolen, threaten May 12 leak

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The hacking group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for a massive data breach affecting Instructure, the provider of the Canvas learning management system. The group alleges to have stolen data from nearly 9,000 schools, impacting approximately 280 million records of teachers, students, and staff. Instructure has confirmed a breach, stating that names, email addresses, and student ID numbers were compromised, though they found no evidence of passwords or financial information being stolen. ShinyHunters has threatened to leak the stolen data by May 12 if a settlement is not reached, leading to disruptions for students attempting to access Canvas. AI

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IMPACT Disruption to educational institutions and potential exposure of student data due to a cybersecurity incident.

RANK_REASON This is a data breach affecting a widely used educational technology platform, not a core AI development or release.

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Instructure hackers claim 9,000 schools' data stolen, threaten May 12 leak

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 · [email protected] (Mariella Moon) ·

    Instructure hackers claim they stole data from nearly 9,000 schools

    They also locked students out of Canvas and warned the company to negotiate with them by May 12.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

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  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    📰 Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak school’s data The Instructure-owned learning management platform, Canvas, is down after recently confirming a

    📰 Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak school’s data The Instructure-owned learning management platform, Canvas, is down after recently confirming a massive data breach that impacted student names, email addresses, ID numbers, and messages. Students ... 📰 Source: The …

    LINKS theverge.com/…/canvas-shinyhunters-breach
  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    📰 Instructure hackers claim they stole data from nearly 9,000 schools They also locked students out of Canvas and warned the company to negotiate with them by M

    📰 Instructure hackers claim they stole data from nearly 9,000 schools They also locked students out of Canvas and warned the company to negotiate with them by May 12. 📰 Source: Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews 🔗 Link: https://www.engadget.com/2167627/instructure-hack-s…

    LINKS engadget.com/…/instructure-hack-schools
  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data The Instructure-owned learning management platform, Canvas, is down after recently confirming a m

    Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data The Instructure-owned learning management platform, Canvas, is down after recently confirming a massive data breach that impacted student names, email addresses, ID numbers, and messages. Students attempting to access…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/canvas-shinyhunters-breach

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