Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers
Summary
Inside Higher Ed reports that Instructure paid a ransom to the ShinyHunters gang after Canvas hacks, with assurances that hacked data would be returned and that institutions would not be extorted. The breach affected about 275 million users across over 8,800 institutions, including names, emails, and student IDs. The article also covers the disruptions, subsequent updates from Instructure, and ongoing forensic work as institutions reassess their security posture.