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ShinyHunters Escalates Canvas Extortion with School by School Ransom Campaign

·Source: Infosecurity Magazine

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Executive Summary

ShinyHunters has escalated its Canvas extortion campaign, defacing hundreds of school login pages and threatening to leak stolen data unless institutions negotiate

Analysis

ShinyHunters has escalated its Canvas extortion campaign, defacing hundreds of school login pages and threatening to leak stolen data unless institutions negotiate
Source Attribution

Originally published by Infosecurity Magazine on May 11, 2026.

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