Hacked educational platform partially restored for millions of students
Key takeaways
- The hacker group, Shiny Hunters, threatened to leak student data after breaching the educational platform Canvas.
- ShinyHunters, a hacking group, claimed responsibility for crashing the web-based educational platform Canvas, created by tech firm Instructure.
- The group said it had stolen 3.5 terabytes of data, including names, email addresses, student ID numbers and private messages, and threatened to release this if ransoms were not paid by May 12.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
The hacker group, Shiny Hunters, threatened to leak student data after breaching the educational platform Canvas.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A hooded man holds a laptop computer as a blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017 [Kacper Pempel/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 9 May 20269 May 2026An educational platform used by thousands of schools and universities has been partially restored following an international cyberattack that caused major chaos as students prepare for end-of-year exams.
ShinyHunters, a hacking group, claimed responsibility for crashing the web-based educational platform Canvas, created by tech firm Instructure.