The NSW Department of Education only began considering essential student data management platforms as “crown jewels” this ...

Instructure Inc., the parent company behind academic portal Canvas, is facing scrutiny following a cyberattack claimed by prominent hacker group ShinyHunters that disrupted schools and universities ...

Lawmakers are seeking answers from educational technology vendor Instructure, following the high-profile compromise of the company's Canvas learning management system (LMS) that left thousands of ...

The company said it received "digital confirmation of data destruction (shred logs)" and assurances that no customers would face further extortion. Cybersecurity professionals warn that paying ransoms ...

A hacker group stole data from more than 9,000 schools using an exploit in Instructure's service. Now the House Homeland Security Committee is getting involved. Tyler is a writer for CNET covering ...

U.S. House lawmakers are demanding representatives from Instructure, the twice-hacked education software maker, provide information about the company’s response to cyberattacks that allowed hackers to ...

Canvas Learning Management System maker Instructure has come to terms with the cybercriminal extortion group responsible for data stolen in last month's breach affecting nearly 9000 educational ...

Cybersecurity experts are warning the company which runs Canvas is at risk of being labelled an easy target for future extortion attempts. It comes after the company "reached an agreement" with the ...

As discussed in our previous article, on May 7, 2026, Instructure experienced a significant data breach affecting Canvas, an online education management platform utilized by over 8,000 schools and ...

Data stolen in last week’s widespread cyberattack on an educational platform that affected students and schools across the Bay Area and the country has been returned, the targeted company said Monday.

The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security is calling on Instructure executives to testify about two cyberattacks by the ShinyHunters extortion group that targeted the company’s Canvas platform, ...