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Pressure mounts on Canvas as data leak extortion deadline looms

ID: c241bee9-1c47-56d8-aea3-e157aa78ffa6

STIX ID: report--c241bee9-1c47-56d8-aea3-e157aa78ffa6

Feed Name: CyberScoop

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2026-05-11

Date Updated: 2026-05-12

Author: Matt Kapko

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**Executive Summary:** ShinyHunters claims to have stolen 3.65 TB (275 million records) from Instructure's Canvas, defaced login pages for hundreds of institutions, and is pursuing school-by-school extortion, causing widespread outages and disruption across K–12 and higher education while prompting investigations by CrowdStrike, CISA, and U.S. lawmakers.

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