{"id":6557,"date":"2026-05-09T11:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/hacked-educational-platform-partially-restored-for-millions-of-students\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T11:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:35:14","slug":"hacked-educational-platform-partially-restored-for-millions-of-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/hacked-educational-platform-partially-restored-for-millions-of-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacked educational platform partially restored for millions of students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The hacker group, ShinyHunters, threatened to leak student data after breaching the educational platform Canvas.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>An 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.<\/p>\n<p>ShinyHunters, a hacking group, claimed responsibility for crashing the web-based educational platform Canvas, created by tech firm Instructure.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/3\/26\/my-phone-is-a-brick-russians-scramble-for-information-as-data-blocked\">\u2018My phone is a brick\u2019: Russians scramble for information as data blocked<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/19\/us-intelligence-agencies-not-expecting-china-to-invade-taiwan-in-2027\">US intelligence agencies not expecting China to invade Taiwan in 2027<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2025\/11\/19\/a-dangerous-tipping-point-ai-hacking-claims-prompt-cybersecurity-debate\">A dangerous tipping point? Anthropic\u2019s AI hacking claims divide experts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/20\/cyberattack-hits-check-in-systems-at-some-of-europes-busiest-airports\">Cyberattack hits check-in systems at some of Europe\u2019s busiest airports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Instructure\u2019s website said on Saturday that Canvas is now \u201cavailable for most users\u201d and no incidents were reported on Saturday. It is not clear if a ransom was paid.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Sydney reported on Saturday that Canvas had been restored but was not yet \u201caccessible to staff or students, as we need to complete checks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s University of Alberta said Canvas was partially restored with \u201creduced functionality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The countries that have been affected include the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>According to Canvas, about 30 million people across the globe use its system. The breach reportedly targeted close to 9,000 institutions across the globe.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"breach-came-at-worst-time\">Breach came at \u2018worst time\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was \u201caware of a service disruption\u201d impacting a learning system, although it did not name Canvas, in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis disruption has impacted schools, educational institutions, and students across the country,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera\u2019s correspondent in Florida, Phil Lavelle, said the hack could not have \u201ccome at a worse time\u201d as many US schools are in the middle of exam season.<\/p>\n<p>Institutions like Penn State, Harvard, Illinois, Columbia and Georgetown are all \u201cscrambling\u201d to extend or change exam deadlines, said Lavelle.<\/p>\n<p>The Harvard Crimson, a student newspaper, said it could not access the platform since Thursday, with the University of Cambridge also saying it had \u201ctemporarily suspended access\u201d to Canvas on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters news agency reported that, on May 5, the group posted a message saying Instructure had \u201cnot even bothered speaking to us\u201d to prevent a data leak, and that their demand \u201cwas not even as high as you might think it is\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"who-are-shinyhunters\">Who are ShinyHunters?<\/h2>\n<p>The group is a global cybercrime syndicate that was established in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, they have claimed responsibility for cyberattacks, with the most recent data breach being Rockstar Games, a gaming giant that owns Grand Theft Auto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis goes to show how vulnerable schools are, how vulnerable other institutions are by individuals who seek to exploit or extort at the worst possible time \u2013 armed with just a keyboard and a mouse,\u201d said Lavelle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hacker group, ShinyHunters, threatened to leak student data after breaching the educational platform Canvas. 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