Worried about the nationwide Canvas data breach? Take these 6 steps now

Canvas (Instructure) experienced a cybersecurity incident attributed to the ShinyHunters cybercriminal group, which defaced login pages, disrupted access for students and teachers, and claims to have stolen data on roughly 275 million students across 8,800 institutions. Instructure reports possible exposure of names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and user messages (but no confirmed passwords, DOBs, government identifiers, or financial data), has revoked credentials and rotated keys, and recommends MFA, password changes, and vigilance for phishing as the group threatens to publicly leak data if extortion demands are not met.