Canvas

Education platform Canvas suffered a hack resulting in student data theft. The affected company chose to pay the criminals to have the stolen data deleted.

[Flash] Global Cyber Attack Disrupts Canvas Platform at Thousands of Schools A hacking group has breached Canvas, the widely used educational software, disrupting online learning systems at thousands of universities and schools worldwide. The attack affected core functions including assignment submission, exams, and course management. Cybersecurity experts warn that the education sector is increasingly a prime target for cyber attacks. Source: BBC World

[Brief] Harvard Canvas Site Goes Down After Instructure Data Breach Harvard’s Canvas learning management system went offline after the university was named in an Instructure data breach. Instructure operates the Canvas platform, and the breach affected user data across multiple universities.