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ShinyHunters Breaches Instructure Canvas Schools

PublishedMay 11, 2026 at 5:42 AM·low

What happened

The ShinyHunters threat group claims to have stolen data tied to roughly 9,000 schools using Instructure's Canvas learning management platform. If verified, students, teachers, and administrators across those institutions could have personal information exposed and reused in phishing or credential-stuffing attacks. Schools using Canvas should monitor for official notifications, rotate admin credentials, enable MFA, and warn users about targeted phishing.

Tags

#shinyhunters#instructure#data breach#education

Source reference

https://edscoop.com/shinyhunters-claims-nearly-9000-schools-affected-by-canvas-data-breach/

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