ShinyHunters Defaces Canvas LMS Portal, Thousands of Universities Affected
Students across several universities are reporting major disruptions on Thursday after the Canvas LMS, a learning platform, began showing what appeared to be a defacement message linked to the cybercrime group ShinyHunters. The incident follows earlier disclosures from Instructure, the company behind Canvas LMS, confirming unauthorized access to parts of its systems.
One of the affected portals included canvas.vt.edu, where users were greeted with a ransom-style message claiming ShinyHunters had “breached Instructure again.” The page warned universities listed in an attached file to contact the group before May 12, 2026, or face the public release of stolen data. The message also accused Instructure of ignoring prior contact attempts and applying “security patches” instead of negotiating.
Sources at Hackread.com reported that students at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, said classes were disrupted around 1 p.m. local time as access to Canvas services became unstable. Similar complaints surfaced on social...
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