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Instructure reaches 'agreement' with ShinyHunters to stop data leak By Sergiu Gatlan May 12, 2026 05:23 AM Instructure, the edtech giant behind the widely popular Canvas learning management system LMS , has reached an "agreement" with the ShinyHunters extortion group to prevent the data stolen in a… …
… In an email to BleepingComputer on Sunday, Instructure confirmed that the exploited security issue affected the Free-for-Teacher environment, the free, limited version of Canvas LMS for individual educators. “The unauthorized actor made changes to the pages that appeared when some students and teac… …
… To address both various other teaching goals the LMS actually does some things quite reasonably and student data privacy concerns, I still use the institutional LMS Canvas by Instructure to support a wide range of course elements such as quizzes, assignment submissions, discussion forums, and grade… …
… Oxford University reported a second data breach in early May following ShinyHunters's breach of Instructure's Canvas learning management system LMS . …
… This is the second data breach disclosed by Oxford University this year, following the ShinyHunters extortion gang's breach of Instructure's Canvas learning management system LMS , which the university uses, in early May. …