MEDIUMData Breach
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Developing: ShinyHunters Hacks Instructure Again; Canvas Down

·Source: DataBreaches.net

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Executive Summary

When Instructure did not contact ShinyHunters to negotiate any payment after ShinyHunters attacked them for a second time in April, the threat actors threatened to leak every school’s data, and posted a notice telling schools how to contact them directly to avoid having their data leaked. When Instructure still didn’t contact them after that escalation, ... Source

Analysis

When Instructure did not contact ShinyHunters to negotiate any payment after ShinyHunters attacked them for a second time in April, the threat actors threatened to leak every school’s data, and posted a notice telling schools how to contact them directly to avoid having their data leaked. When Instructure still didn’t contact them after that escalation, ... Source
Source Attribution

Originally published by DataBreaches.net on May 7, 2026.

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