ShinyHunters
PulseAugur coverage of ShinyHunters — every cluster mentioning ShinyHunters across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
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Canvas ransomware attack hits 9,000 institutions, data returned
Instructure, the parent company of the online education platform Canvas, has confirmed a ransomware attack that impacted approximately 9,000 institutions across the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. The attackers, iden…
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Congress probes Canvas breach after Instructure pays ransom
Instructure, the company behind Canvas, has reportedly paid a ransom to cybercriminals who breached its systems. The breach exposed sensitive data, prompting an investigation by Congress. The exact nature of the data co…
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Ransomware attack on Canvas learning system disrupts University of Maryland students
A ransomware attack by the group ShinyHunters disrupted the Canvas learning management system at the University of Maryland, leaving students unable to access study materials just before finals week. The outage, which l…
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Cyberattack on Canvas learning platform disrupts college finals nationwide
A cyberattack disrupted the Canvas learning platform, forcing numerous universities to cancel or reschedule final exams. The attack, attributed to the hacking group ShinyHunters, occurred during a critical period for st…
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ShinyHunters hackers disrupt Canvas, impacting 9,000 schools during final exams
A cyberattack by the group ShinyHunters disrupted Canvas, a widely used educational platform, impacting nearly 9,000 schools globally. The outage occurred during a critical period for students preparing for final exams,…
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Canvas hack exposes millions of students' data in major edtech privacy disaster
A ransomware group known as ShinyHunters has breached Instructure, the parent company of the educational technology platform Canvas, potentially compromising the data of millions of students. The attackers claim to have…
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Hackers attack Canvas, taking educational SaaS platform offline
The educational software platform Canvas has been rendered inaccessible due to a cyberattack claimed by the hacker group ShinyHunters. The attack has disrupted services for users, impacting educational activities. This …
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Instructure hackers claim 9,000 schools' data stolen, threaten May 12 leak
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 s…
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THREAT MODEL: CYBERSECURITY 🧑💻 for May 5th, 2026 by independent journalist @ violetblue - # China cancels # RightsCon - # Iran ’s internal internet gets scarie
The "Threat Model: Cybersecurity" newsletter for May 5th, 2026, covers several key topics including China's cancellation of RightsCon and Iran's increasing internet restrictions. It also notes Google's military AI deal …
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Real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield hit by two separate cybercrime groups
Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield has confirmed a data security incident resulting from a vishing attack, where an employee was socially engineered. The company has initiated incident response protocols and is workin…
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Vimeo data breach exposes 119K emails via analytics vendor Anodot
A data breach affecting over 119,000 Vimeo users has been linked to a third-party analytics vendor, Anodot. The attackers, ShinyHunters, claimed to have accessed Snowflake and BigQuery instances, though Vimeo stated tha…
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Pitney Bowes hit by 8.2M email address leak in ShinyHunters data dump
Logistics technology firm Pitney Bowes has reportedly been targeted by the cybercrime group ShinyHunters, resulting in a data breach affecting 8.2 million email addresses. The leaked information also includes names, pho…
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Medical and utility tech firms Itron and Medtronic disclose cyber breaches
Two major technology suppliers, Itron and Medtronic, have disclosed recent cybersecurity breaches. Itron, a utility technology firm, detected unauthorized access to its corporate systems on April 13th, though it has sin…
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ADT confirms cyber intrusion after ShinyHunters claims 10 million records stolen
Home security giant ADT has confirmed a cyber intrusion and data breach following an extortion attempt by the ShinyHunters group. While ADT states that only a limited set of customer data, including names, phone numbers…