The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle ...

Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given the hackers in exchange for the stolen data. By Qasim Nauman See ...

Instructure has paid a ransom to a gang of cybercriminals that have twice hacked the company’s learning management system, Canvas, over the past week and a half. According to an update published by ...

A system that thousands of schools and universities use to support instruction was back online Friday after it went down during a cyberattack that created chaos as students tried to study for final ...

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 ...

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, ...

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A cyberattack shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US Thursday, depriving students and teachers of essential classroom materials — at a time when many are ...

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.

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 ...

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 See more of our coverage ...