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Cyber attack disrupts swathe of US and Canada universities and schools

hacking group ShinyHunters reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack, which caused the academic software Canvas used by thousands of schools and universities to go offline. By late Thursday, the company Instructure, which owns Canvas, posted

Canvas is back online, but questions — and final exam disruptions — linger

ShinyHunters wrote on a [threat intelligence website](https://www.ransomware.live/id/SW5zdHJ1Y3R1cmUgSG9sZGluZ3MsIEluYy4gKENhbnZhIExNUywgaW5zdHJ1Y3R1cmUuY29tKUBzaGlueWh1bnRlcnM) earlier this week that the initial breach on Saturday involved data — including private messages — from 275 million students, teachers and staff at nearly

Canvas platform strikes deal with hackers to delete students’ stolen data

hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for last week’s breach, threatening to leak data involving nearly 9,000 schools worldwide and 275 million individuals if schools did not pay a ransom

Cyberattack on system used by thousands of US schools disrupts final exams

information technology at the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health when announcing that the school’s online system was down. “Hopefully we will have a resolution soon.” Virginia Tech acknowledged in a notice