logo

ShinyHunters Extorts Universities in New Instructure Canvas Hack

ID: 6e0c23a6-42cd-54a9-8355-13b9db6e1411

STIX ID: report--6e0c23a6-42cd-54a9-8355-13b9db6e1411

Feed Name: TechRepublic Security

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-05-08

Date Updated: 2026-05-14

Author: Ken Underhill

...
...

A ShinyHunters-linked extortion campaign reportedly defaced Canvas login portals across roughly 330 schools during US finals week, disrupting student and faculty access; the incident follows claims of a separate large-scale data theft of ~280 million records tied to Canvas, and Instructure placed Canvas into maintenance as it investigated a vulnerability that allowed portal modifications.

Your team is not currently subscribed to this feed. You must subscribe to it in order to see this post.