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Canvas Cyberattack Disrupts Finals at Thousands of Schools Across North America

Sourced from 8 publications

•Instructure confirmed unauthorized access to Canvas and temporarily took the platform offline during finals week.
•ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and said nearly 9,000 schools worldwide were affected, though Instructure has not confirmed the full scope of the group's claims.
•Half of North America's higher education institutions use Canvas, making the disruption unusually broad.
•Some schools are advising users not to log back into Canvas despite the platform returning to service, per NPR.
•Schools and colleges across the country postponed end-of-year exams due to the outage.

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