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Canvas Hack: Instructure Agrees to Ransom Deal in Exchange for Stolen Data
The actors behind a major educational data breach received email addresses, enrollment information and messages from the program’s customers, which include schools across the Bay Area and U.S.
What happened
According to KQED’s source item, Canvas Hack: Instructure Agrees to Ransom Deal in Exchange for Stolen Data, The actors behind a major educational data breach received email addresses, enrollment information and messages from the program’s customers, which include schools across the Bay Area and U.S.
Context
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Source
Primary source: Canvas Hack: Instructure Agrees to Ransom Deal in Exchange for Stolen Data via KQED. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- Canvas Hack: Instructure Agrees to Ransom Deal in Exchange for Stolen DataKQED - 2026-05-12T18:14:12+00:00
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