Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 17:46     Subject: Re:Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
DCPS is down too.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 17:46     Subject: Re:Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
Wisconsin is hit - my kid there cannot study for his next exam as all the material is on Canvas. Final week of exams there as I am sure it is for many colleges. UDub hit too but they just finished midterms so not as critical.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 17:45     Subject: Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
It's across the nation.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 17:43     Subject: Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
Yale. Schools is over so the kids dont care, but sounds like a ransom issue
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 17:14     Subject: Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
UMD too
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 17:01     Subject: Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
Oh--I was just trying to check when my kid's assignments were due and got an "under maintenance" message. I guess this is why!
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 16:58     Subject: Re:Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:MCPS was hit


APS too.

RVA HS districts too. Senior Projects had to be submitted today at some schools. Whoops!
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 16:34     Subject: Re:Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
Anonymous wrote:MCPS was hit


APS too.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 16:31     Subject: Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
at this point we don't know if they have data or not - it could also just be what's known as scam-as-a-service. The ip provided on the 'hack message' is known for that.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 16:29     Subject: Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
If they release data, I wonder if the universities themselves are liable for FERPA violations.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 16:24     Subject: Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
Apparently several top universities and businesses were hit, like MIT, Oxford, Apple, etc. Thousands of institutions in all.

Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 16:22     Subject: Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
yeah any universities that us Canvas are affected.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 16:22     Subject: Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
Looks like NC affected too:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/shinyhunters-claim-nc-school-data-breach-affecting-canvas-users/gm-GMB0A682C1?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 16:21     Subject: Re:Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
MCPS was hit
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2026 16:20     Subject: Massive Canvas hack affecting college finals
DD is a junior at Virginia Tech and just sent me a screen shot of a message appearing on Canvas from some organization called "ShinyHunters ... rooting your system since 2019 "

"ShinyHunters has breached Instructure [sic] (again. Instead of contacting us to resolve it they ignored us and did some "security patchers."

It goes on to say "if any of the schools in the affected list are interested in preventing the release of their data, please consult with a cyber advisory firm and contact us privately to negotiate a settlement."

Threatens to start leaking on 12 May.

Massive cybersecurity breach. All of VT is locked out. This insinuates other schools, too.

They use Canvas to access all word documents, every assignment and past exam... All tests are through Canvas as well.

Basically, our college students are hostage in an cyberextortion event. During finals week.

Anybody heard anything about this at Tech or other schools?