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Canvas cybersecurity breach impacting colleges and universities<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wmtw.com\/article\/canvas-cybersecurity-breach-colleges-universities\/71246097<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-07 18:57:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.wmtw.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA major cybersecurity breach has been reported for the online education platform Canvas, used by schools and universities across the country.Canvas is widely used by colleges and universities, with tens of millions of users worldwide. Students and staff at the institutions use the internet-based education portal that allows students and educators to communicate, do coursework and more.Related video above: Nebraska, Creighton report security incident affecting learning management systemA threat message posted online by a group calling itself \u201cShinyHunters\u201d claims it breached Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, and threatened to leak data tied to affected schools unless contacted by May 12, 2026.The threat message is also visible to some students when they log in to Canvas.The message, which references \u201caffected schools\u201d and a file allegedly containing a list of institutions, has circulated online as schools across the country respond to the incident.The claims in the post have not been independently verified, but multiple colleges and universities across the U.S., in prepared statements and letters to students, staff, and faculty, have confirmed they were notified of a security incident.Multiple educational institutions, large and small, including Ivy League schools, have reported being affected.Schools in multiple states are responding after Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, notified customers of an external security incident that may have exposed data from educational institutions worldwide. It’s unclear exactly what data may have been exposed, but according to multiple news reports \u2014 as well as messages sent to students and staff at some of the schools \u2014 the potentially exposed information may include names, email addresses, student ID numbers and user messages.Social Security numbers, passwords, and usernames were likely not exposed, according to multiple reports and statements from multiple different educational institutions that have been impacted by the situation.Colleges and universities are urging students and employees to remain alert for phishing emails and other suspicious communications in the wake of the incident, and are cautioning that they will never ask for passwords, Social Security numbers, birthdates or bank account information through email, text or phone calls.The home page for Canvas now says the site is under “scheduled maintenance.”Updates on the status of Canvas can be found here. ____Sister stations KSBW, KETV, KCRA and KCCI contributed to this report<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA major cybersecurity breach has been reported for the online education platform Canvas, used by schools and universities across the country.Canvas is widely used by colleges and universities, with tens of millions of users worldwide. Students and staff at the institutions use the internet-based education portal that allows students and educators to communicate, do coursework and more.<\/p>\n

Related video above: Nebraska, Creighton report security incident affecting learning management systemA threat message posted online by a group calling itself \u201cShinyHunters\u201d claims it breached Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, and threatened to leak data tied to affected schools unless contacted by May 12, 2026.The threat message is also visible to some students when they log in to Canvas.The message, which references \u201caffected schools\u201d and a file allegedly containing a list of institutions, has circulated online as schools across the country respond to the incident.\t<\/p>\n

\t\tAnonymous viewer KCCI\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMessage from alleged cyber attackers on Canvas website\u00a0<\/p>\n

The claims in the post have not been independently verified, but multiple colleges and universities across the U.S., in prepared statements and letters to students, staff, and faculty, have confirmed they were notified of a security incident.Multiple educational institutions, large and small, including Ivy League schools, have reported being affected.Schools in multiple states are responding after Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, notified customers of an external security incident that may have exposed data from educational institutions worldwide. It’s unclear exactly what data may have been exposed, but according to multiple news reports \u2014 as well as messages sent to students and staff at some of the schools \u2014 the potentially exposed information may include names, email addresses, student ID numbers and user messages.Social Security numbers, passwords, and usernames were likely not exposed, according to multiple reports and statements from multiple different educational institutions that have been impacted by the situation.Colleges and universities are urging students and employees to remain alert for phishing emails and other suspicious communications in the wake of the incident, and are cautioning that they will never ask for passwords, Social Security numbers, birthdates or bank account information through email, text or phone calls.The home page for Canvas now says the site is under “scheduled maintenance.”Updates on the status of Canvas can be found here. ____Sister stations KSBW, KETV, KCRA and KCCI contributed to this report<\/p>\n

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