Higher education
fromAxios
8 hours agoCanvas outage delays college finals across the country
Universities canceled or rescheduled finals due to a Canvas outage after unauthorized access exposed student information.
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Information security
fromZDNET
9 hours agoCanvas breach disrupts schools nationwide: 6 steps to take now
Canvas experienced a cyberattack and data extortion attempt, with possible student data exposure and login disruption requiring immediate user defensive actions.
Information security
fromsfist.com
1 day agoHackers Breach Global Education Platform Used By SF State, UC Berkeley
Hackers shut down Canvas and threatened to release data unless ransom was paid, after breaching usernames, emails, and student IDs without evidence of passwords or highly sensitive data compromise.
Higher education
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day agoMassive Canvas data breach hits colleges across California and nation, crippling student work
Canvas went offline during finals week after a cybersecurity breach at Instructure, locking students and faculty out of coursework while attackers demanded payment.
Information security
fromTechzine Global
20 hours agoDutch university disconnects Canvas systems after Instructure hack
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam disconnected Canvas-linked systems after ShinyHunters claimed access to Dutch universities’ Canvas environments and threatened data publication by May 12.
Information security
fromsfist.com
1 day agoHackers Breach Global Education Platform Used By SF State, UC Berkeley
Hackers shut down Canvas and threatened to release data unless ransom was paid, after breaching usernames, emails, and student IDs without evidence of passwords or highly sensitive data compromise.
Higher education
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day agoMassive Canvas data breach hits colleges across California and nation, crippling student work
Canvas went offline during finals week after a cybersecurity breach at Instructure, locking students and faculty out of coursework while attackers demanded payment.
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fromTNW | Data-Security
1 day agoShinyHunters breach Instructure Canvas LMS, claim 275M users and 3.65TB of student data from 9,000 schools including 44 Dutch institutions
Hackers exploited Instructure’s Canvas systems, stealing 3.65TB of student and staff data from 275M users across thousands of institutions, including private messages.
Information security
fromThe Verge
1 day agoCanvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools' data
Canvas learning management platform experienced a major outage following a data breach affecting millions of students, with hacking group ShinyHunters demanding ransom before releasing stolen data.
fromTheregister
1 week agoFrench prosecutors link 15-year-old to gov mega-breach
The Paris Prosecutor's Office announced on Thursday that the minor, suspected of using the online alias 'breach3d', faces two computer crime allegations linked to an intrusion in which between 12 million and 18 million lines of data were offered for sale on cybercrime forums.
France news
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EU data protection
fromTNW | Data-Security
2 weeks agoUK Biobank data from 500,000 volunteers listed for sale on Alibaba after Chinese research institutions broke access agreements
Data from 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers was listed for sale on Alibaba due to a breach by three Chinese research institutions.
fromArs Technica
1 week agoWhy a recent supply-chain attack singled out security firms Checkmarx and Bitwarden
Current evidence indicates that this data originated from Checkmarx's GitHub repositories, and that access to those repositories was facilitated through the initial supply chain attack of March 23, 2023.
Information security
fromTheregister
1 week agoPitney Bowes the latest victim of ShinyHunters' breach-spree
Data breach tracker Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) confirmed the breach on April 27, with 8.2 million unique email addresses included in the dump alongside names, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
Privacy professionals
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks agoHow did thousands of sensitive LAPD files get leaked? City officials seek explanation
Councilmember Ysabel Jurado stated that she expected City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto to provide detailed answers regarding the data breach, but instead received an internal report that left many questions unanswered.
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