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Ransomware
When the Learning Platform Goes Dark, There Is No Backup Plan
A finals-week breach of a major university software platform in 2026 left students locked out of coursework and grade books. Higher education has proved twice it will pay ransoms. That changes everything.
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Breaches
ShinyHunters Hits Canvas LMS: 275 Million Records, a Defaced Login Page, and a Free-Tier Attack Vector
The extortion group's May 2026 strike on Instructure exposed how peripheral, lower-security environments can become the entry point that compliance badges never covered.
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Breaches
The Login Page That Demanded a Ransom
ShinyHunters defaced Canvas mid-finals week, taking the learning platform offline and exposing what one researcher calls an eight-month attack arc against Instructure.
3 min