New, from me: Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools and Colleges Nationwide<\/p>
\"An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States today, after a cybercrime group defaced the service\u2019s login page with a ransom demand that threatened to leak data from 275 million students and faculty across nearly 9,000 educational institutions.\" <\/p>
\"Canvas parent firm Instructure [NYSE:INST] responded to today's defacement attacks by disabling the platform, which is used by thousands of schools, universities and businesses to manage coursework and assignments, and to communicate with students.\"<\/p>
Lots more here:<\/p>
https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/05\/canvas-breach-disrupts-schools-colleges-nationwide\/<\/a><\/p> #canvas<\/a> #breach<\/a> #shinyhunters<\/a> #instructure<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-28:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/briankrebs\/statuses\/116536746091357625","object":{"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/briankrebs\/statuses\/116536746091357625","objectType":"note","content":" New, from me: Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools and Colleges Nationwide<\/p> \"An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States today, after a cybercrime group defaced the service\u2019s login page with a ransom demand that threatened to leak data from 275 million students and faculty across nearly 9,000 educational institutions.\" <\/p> \"Canvas parent firm Instructure [NYSE:INST] responded to today's defacement attacks by disabling the platform, which is used by thousands of schools, universities and businesses to manage coursework and assignments, and to communicate with students.\"<\/p> Lots more here:<\/p> https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/05\/canvas-breach-disrupts-schools-colleges-nationwide\/<\/a><\/p> #canvas<\/a> #breach<\/a> #shinyhunters<\/a> #instructure<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@briankrebs\/116536746091357625","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"breach"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"instructure"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"shinyhunters"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-08:objectType=thread:nonce=8b2abcee2ade03c1","notice_info":{"local_id":"12566188","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-05-08T03:29:04+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@briankrebs\/116536746091357625"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6381739","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}