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Cyberattack on system used by thousands of US schools disrupts final exams

The Guardian · May 8, 2026, 5:41 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

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Nationwide Canvas outage left students and faculty ‘dead in the water’ and rushing to rearrange end of academic year. A system that thousands of schools and universities in the US use was offline on Thursday during a cyberattack, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals and underscoring education’s dependence on technology.Students quickly took to social media to ask if others were unable to access Canvas, with many panicking that they could no longer view course materials housed within the platform to study for their final exams. Continue reading...

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