ShinyHunters
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abcnews.go.comTwin Brothers Plead Guilty to Charges Involving 96 Federal Databases After Contractor Termination
Muneeb Akhter and Sohaib Akhter, 34-year-old twins employed at federal contractor Opexus, admitted to the sabotage after their termination was captured on a Microsoft Teams recording they failed to close. Instructure reached an agreement with ShinyHunters following a ransomware a…
rediff.comInstructure Reaches Agreement With Hackers Behind Canvas Data Breach
Instructure announced it reached an agreement with the cybercriminal group ShinyHunters following a data breach affecting 275 million records from its Canvas learning platform. The company faces scrutiny from the Department of Homeland Security and multiple lawsuits. Cybersecurit…
koreatimes.co.krCanvas Learning Platform Breach Affects Thousands of Schools, Including Mohawk College
A hacker group known as ShinyHunters gained unauthorized access to the Canvas learning platform on April 29 through a teacher account. Instructure, the company behind the system, reached an agreement with the group, received confirmation the data was destroyed and obtained assura…
Fox NewsCanvas Platform Disrupted for Hours by Cybersecurity Breach During College Finals Week
Instructure detected unauthorized activity on April 29, 2026, and again on May 7, leading to temporary shutdown of the platform and its Free-For-Teacher accounts. The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and threatened to leak data from nearly 9,000 schools and 275 m…
Nbc NewsCanvas Outage Disrupts Access at Universities Worldwide
A hacking group called ShinyHunters breached the Canvas learning management system on May 8 2026 disrupting final exams and coursework at thousands of schools and universities worldwide. The group claimed to have stolen 6.65 terabytes of data from about 9000 institutions and thre…
BBC NewsCanvas Platform Temporarily Disrupted by Cyber Incident Affecting Instructure Customers
A ransomware operation by the hacking group ShinyHunters took the widely used academic software Canvas offline this week, forcing universities in the US, Canada and Australia to postpone or cancel exams. Ransom notes demanding bitcoin payments appeared on student screens during f…
NprCanvas Online Platform Restored After Data Breach Affecting Schools
The online education platform Canvas was taken offline on Thursday following a data breach claimed by the ShinyHunters group. Instructure, the platform's parent company, confirmed the incident involved names, email addresses, student IDs and messages but no passwords or financial…
reviewjournal.comCanvas Learning Platform Hacked, Exposing Data of Millions of Students
A cyberattack on the Canvas online learning platform compromised personal data from more than 275 million students and educators across thousands of schools. The breach, claimed by a group linked to ShinyHunters, disrupted final exams and coursework at universities and K-12 distr…
Al JazeeraCanvas Platform Restored After Unauthorized Access
Instructure said Canvas is now available for most of its 30 million users after a cyberattack that targeted nearly 9,000 institutions in multiple countries. ShinyHunters claimed it stole 3.5 terabytes of data including names, email addresses, student ID numbers and private messag…
ww2.kqed.orgCanvas Platform Disrupted by Cyber Incident at Multiple North American Universities
A hacking group called ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that took the widely used Canvas platform offline on Thursday, affecting institutions from New York to Vancouver. Instructure, which owns Canvas, said the service was available for most users by late Th…
SemaforCanvas Outage Disrupts Learning Platform Used by Thousands of Schools
A ransomware attack on Instructure, the company behind the widely used learning management system Canvas, took the platform offline Thursday, affecting thousands of schools and universities in the U.S. and worldwide. The group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, demanding crypto…
The VergeInstructure Puts Canvas in Maintenance Mode While Investigating Data Breach
Students at universities including the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University and the University of Oklahoma encountered ransom notes on Canvas on Thursday. The hacking group ShinyHunters demanded contact by end of day 12 May 2026 or it would leak data from 9,000 schoo…
TechCrunchInstructure Investigates Unauthorized Changes to Canvas Login Pages
Instructure took its learning platform offline on May 7 2026 after discovering unauthorized changes to login pages by an actor linked to ShinyHunters. The company restored service for most users while keeping Canvas Beta and Canvas Test in maintenance mode and investigating login…
Substrate placeholder — needs reviewRockstar Games Hit by Second Data Breach at Third-Party Provider
Rockstar Games confirmed a data breach at a third-party provider, marking the second hack for the company. The group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and demanded a ransom by April. Rockstar stated the incident will have no impact on operations.