"Penn State announced that Thursday night and Friday exams had been canceled. Administrators are working with faculty to determine what that means for final grading. Students can still walk at graduation even without their finals grades, the university said. Boise State University also canceled Friday's final exams. Mississippi State opted to reschedule Friday exams for Saturday. UT San Antonio postponed assignments and exams to a "near future date," and James Madison University pushed Friday morning exams to Wednesday."
"Instructure, Canvas' developer, said that "unauthorized activity" was first detected in late April, but that it "immediately revoked" that unauthorized party's access. But on Thursday, an "unauthorized actor" made changes to Canvas pages, forcing the education tech giant to take the site offline. Personal information like names, email addresses, student IDs and messages appeared to have been breached."
"On Friday, Instructure said Canvas was back online. The company said hackers exploited an issue with Free-For-Teacher accounts, which it has since shut down for now. Axios' cybersecurity reporter Sam Sabin says hackers are opportunistic and frequently target central providers whose compromise can ripple across an entire sector. In this case, the target was Canvas - and the more than 8,000 organizations that rely on its services."
"The Harvard Crimson reported that students accessing the Harvard Canvas site on Thursday were redirected to a message from cybercriminal hacking group ShinyHunters that claimed it had "breached Instructure" and posted a list of affected schools."
Several universities canceled or rescheduled final exams after a shutdown disrupted academic schedules. Penn State canceled Thursday and Friday exams and said students could still walk at graduation while grading plans were determined. Boise State canceled Friday exams, Mississippi State moved Friday exams to Saturday, UT San Antonio postponed assignments and exams to a near future date, and James Madison University moved Friday morning exams to Wednesday. Instructure, the developer of Canvas, said unauthorized activity was detected in late April and access was immediately revoked. On Thursday, an unauthorized actor changed Canvas pages, forcing the site offline and exposing personal information including names, email addresses, student IDs, and messages. Instructure later restored Canvas, saying hackers exploited Free-For-Teacher accounts that were shut down.
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