logo

Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure

ID: eeaf5805-fdb2-5f73-96e8-4cbdc0769b6e

STIX ID: report--eeaf5805-fdb2-5f73-96e8-4cbdc0769b6e

Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-05-05

Date Updated: 2026-05-05

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

...
...

Instructure, maker of the Canvas learning platform, confirmed a data breach that the ShinyHunters extortion group claimed responsibility for; the attackers provided samples showing students' and staff's names, email addresses and some messages and claimed a list of ~8,800 schools and up to 275 million records, though the company and reporters note some claims (and sensitive data exposure like passwords) appear limited or unconfirmed.

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