Canvas Breach Hackers Reach Deal After Claiming 275M Records Stolen

Instructure’s Canvas experienced unauthorized access reportedly by the ShinyHunters group, who claimed to have stolen data linked to roughly 9,000 schools and 275 million individuals; Instructure says it reached an agreement with the actor, received 'shred logs' and had the data returned and destroyed, though full deletion cannot be independently verified. Exposed information reportedly includes usernames, email addresses, student ID numbers, course enrollment details and platform messages; the company disabled its Free for Teacher support tickets for review and is coordinating with authorities while warning schools and users to monitor for phishing and suspicious messages.