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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Knox County Schools and the University of Tennessee have confirmed they experienced a cybersecurity incident involving the platform Canvas that also affected schools nationwide. UT officials said Instructure, Canvas\u2019 parent company, notified the Office of Innovative Technologies of a data breach associated with some accounts. Based on what Instructure found, the data involved appears to include personal information. As of Friday morning, Instructure reported that Canvas was back up for \u201cmost users.\u201dAt this time, Instructure has found no indication that passwords, dates of birth, government identifiers or financial information were involved.According to KCS, when users logged in, some received an unauthorized message.\u201cCybersecurity incidents like this have become increasingly common across organizations of all types, including school systems, businesses and government agencies,\u201d KCS said. \u201cWhile no system can ever be completely immune from bad actors, we take the protection of information and systems seriously and have established protocols in place to respond quickly when concerns arise.\u201dKCS said they understand this may have caused concern, but at this time, there is no additional action that needs to be taken. If any action is needed, KCS will communicate directly with those affected.KCS Superintendent Dr. Jon Rysewyk says despite the outage, the school days will still go on.\u201cThe students will still be in class and in person and the teachers, you know, we\u2019ve had days before, unfortunately, where there\u2019s been internet problems and we\u2019ve still had instruction,\u201d Rysewyk said. \u201cSo, I think it would be very similar to that. We won\u2019t be using that one tool in the classroom but we have a whole lot of other tools that we can use. We\u2019re not completely dependent on that for instruction.\u201dAccording UT, Instructure has shut down Canvas and it is unknown when service will be restored. Officials said the university will send a non-emergency alert when Canvas is back online.\u201cYou know, we put everything in Canvas. So, you know, students are nervous. Students are worried. I\u2019m sure, you know, faculty are nervous about what to do,\u201d said Joe Stabb, assistant professor of practice at UT. \u201cWhat I\u2019ve been telling all of my students that have contacted me is that, you know, these things, unfortunately, happen in our world today. They shouldn\u2019t stress out and they shouldn\u2019t worry only because, well, once things come back online, once we know what the path forward is, you know, you\u2019ll be communicated as such.\u201dAccording to UTAlert sent out on Thursday evening, because of the Canvas outage, all exams on Friday have been postponed. The alert went on to say faculty, staff and students will get more information on Friday about a revised schedule.\u201cI think that was definitely the right call of administration. You know, students are already nervous about, you know, taking 8 a.m. exams and if all of their content is in Canvas, they can\u2019t log in to study,\u201d Stabb said. \u201cSo, that was a very good call just to, you know, let\u2019s postpone.\u201dInstructure will be sharing updates on their status page.Copyright 2026 WVLT. All rights reserved.
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