"Canvas is used by schools, colleges and universities for grading, as a hub for digital lectures and course materials, a discussion board for classroom projects, and a messaging platform between students and instructors. Tens of thousands of students, most of which were in the midst of final exams, had lost access to the program, causing chaos at schools and universities. In response to the outage, university teachers reported having to resort to workarounds to help students study for exams and submit final assignments. Some schools were forced to postpone final exams that were scheduled for Friday."
"Multiple university student newspapers in the US reported on the hack that took place on Thursday. Harvard University's student newspaper The Harvard Crimson reported that students could not gain access to the site beginning on Thursday, with the site redirecting users to a message from a group called ShinyHunters, which claimed responsibility for the attack and posted a list of schools that had been targeted. The outage affected students during final exams, leaving them unable to use Canvas for course materials, grading, and communication."
"ShinyHunters is a loose association of teenage and young adult hackers in the US and the UK. The group has been linked to other large-scale cyberattacks against major entities like the venue ticket sales platform Ticketmaster. The group described itself as "rooting your systems since '19," referring to a term used to describe accessing a computer system's deepest layer. ShinyHunters had sent a warning earlier this week about its activities, threatening to leak the data of nearly 9,000 schools and 275 million individuals, if schools did not pay the ransom by a deadline of May 6."
"Reuters reported that some schools reached out to the group to negotiate. In response to the outage, university teachers reported having to resort to workarounds to help students study for exams and submit final assignments. Some schools were forced to postpone final exams that were scheduled for Friday. Canvas access was restored on Friday, after a major cyberattack upended student access to the tool across the world."
Canvas access was restored on Friday after a major cyberattack disrupted student access worldwide. Tens of thousands of students lost access during final exams, creating chaos at schools and universities. Canvas is used for grading, digital lectures and course materials, discussion boards, and messaging between students and instructors. US university student newspapers reported the hack, including reports that users were redirected to a message from ShinyHunters claiming responsibility and listing targeted schools. Teachers used workarounds to help students study and submit final assignments, and some schools postponed Friday exams. ShinyHunters is described as a loose association of teenage and young adult hackers linked to other large-scale attacks, including Ticketmaster. The group threatened to leak data unless ransom was paid by May 6, and some schools reportedly contacted the group to negotiate.
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