Canvas hacks: Will writing to canvas change my grade?

An alleged cyberattack involving “unauthorized activity” on Canvas — an education platform widely used by universities and schools across the United States — caused the site to temporarily shut down on Thursday, officials said. The company said that they have since confirmed the unauthorized actor carried out the activity by “exploiting an issue related to our Free-For-Teacher accounts.

UPDATE IS ON MY PAGE: Went to log into my classes today only to find out that Canvas is completely shut down thanks to a group called shiny hunters and apparently this is not even the first time they’ve done this. #shinyhunters #hacked #LearnOnTikTok #data #fyp

Canvas by Instructure was reportedly hacked, with the group behind the breach demanding ransom payments from affected colleges and threatening to leak student data. Learn more on the Don Lemon Show today at 10am on YT 🤝🏾 #canvas

What we know about the Canvas hack impacting thousands of schools