A cybersecurity incident affecting Instructure’s Canvas platform caused widespread outages at universities across the US, disrupting access for students and staff at schools including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Princeton, Boston College, and Duke. Instructure said a criminal threat actor was involved, while reports linked the incident to possible data exposure and warned users about phishing attempts impersonating university IT staff. #Instructure #Canvas #Harvard #Stanford #Columbia #Princeton #BostonCollege #Duke #ShinyHunters
Keypoints
- Canvas outages disrupted universities nationwide on Thursday.
- Instructure said a criminal threat actor was involved in the incident.
- Some schools warned that names, emails, student ID numbers, and messages may have been exposed.
- Universities advised students to watch for phishing messages impersonating IT staff.
- ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the incident in a dark web post.
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