9,000 educational institutions affected by data breach

Learning management platform Canvas has been affected by a data breach. 9000 educational institutions globally are affected by the breach. Cyber criminal asking for ransom and threatening to release student information. Data include student name, email, location, courses and chat history between users. The group behind the attack, ShinyHunters, has not yet released the data publicly.

abc.net.au – 7 May 26

Major data breach sees student details compromised

Education institutions around the country are scrambling to respond to a global data breach that has affected Australian universities, TAFE and state schools in Queensland.

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Instructure hacker claims data theft from 8,800 schools, universities

The hacker behind a breach at education technology giant Instructure claims to have stolen 280 million data records for students and staff from 8,809 colleges, school districts, and online education platforms.