US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches

U.S. House Homeland Security Committee members have demanded testimony from Instructure after repeated hacks of the Canvas education platform allowed attackers (linked to the ShinyHunters group) to steal personal data of millions of students, extort the company, and deface school login pages; CISA is involved and lawmakers are investigating the adequacy of Instructure’s incident response and coordination with federal authorities.