Data stolen in Canvas hack that hit thousands of schools has been returned, company says | CNN

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Data stolen in Canvas hack that hit thousands of schools has been returned, company says

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Instructure strikes deal with hackers who breached it twice | TechCrunch
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5/12/2026

Instructure strikes deal with hackers who breached it twice

Instructure, the maker of the popular school information portal Canvas, said on Tuesday it has “reached an agreement” with the hackers who breached its systems twice, stole a huge amount of student and staff data, and disrupted thousands of schools that rely on the company’s software. ShinyHunters, a financially.

Data stolen in Canvas hack that hit thousands of schools has been returned, company says | CNN
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Data stolen in Canvas hack that hit thousands of schools has been returned, company says

Data stolen in a cyberattack that shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US last week has been returned to the platform’s parent company, Instructure, according to an update the company posted Monday. Canvas , a popular, cloud-based digital hub for classrooms, has more than 30.