Hacking group ShinyHunters breaches Canvas education platform, disrupting finals at thousands of schools
A cyberattack attributed to hacking group ShinyHunters took down Canvas, an education platform used by over 30 million users at roughly 8,000-9,000 institutions worldwide, on Thursday. The attack disrupted finals week, forcing universities including Penn State, Boise State, and Mississippi State to cancel or reschedule exams. Instructure, Canvas's parent company, said the platform was back online for most users by late Thursday, and later confirmed the breach exploited a vulnerability in Free-For-Teacher accounts.
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This event sits in the top 24% of divergence this week. 12 outlets covered it, splitting into 12 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
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