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ShinyHunters has hacked Instructure's Canvas platform, defacing login pages of at least three customers and demanding payment to prevent data leaks.

CybersecurityTechnologyEducationData SecurityMay 8, 2026score 0.292 posts · 1 replies across 1 instances
Cybercrime group ShinyHunters claims to have hacked Instructure again, defacing login pages of several customer schools and demanding payment to prevent data leaks. This incident highlights ongoing cybersecurity threats targeting educational technology platforms.

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ShinyHunters has hacked Instructure's Canvas platform, defacing login pages of at least three customers and demanding payment to prevent data leaks.
Parent: CybersecurityEntity: ShinyHuntersImpact: negativeDate: May 8, 2026Target: ShinyHunters' hacking activities and extortion demands

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NEW: Cybercrime group ShinyHunters claims to have hacked education tech giant Instructure again. The hackers say they defaced the company's Canvas platform login pages of at least three customers. ShinyHunters is using this apparent second hack as another chance to extort Instructure and its customers, giving them a few days to respond to their requests or face the leak of the stolen data. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/hackers-deface-school-login-pages-after-claiming-another-instructure-hack/
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The cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Instructure again, defacing the login pages of several Instructure customer schools with an extortion message. https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/hackers-deface-school-login-pages-after-claiming-another-instructure-hack/?utm_campaign=social&utm_source=threads&utm_medium=organic
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