src_08225c2d3f1c653468
- Source-provided label
- Not reported
- Evidence class
- mentioned in report
- Confidence
- Not reported
- Observed
- May 16, 2026 18:00 UTC
- Retrieved
- Oct 08, 2026 03:44 UTC
Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?
Businesses are advised against paying – but many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacyAfter a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates and school login pages being defaced by hackers, the US tech firm Instructure – which operates the education platform Canvas, used by education providers worldwide – announced it had “reached an agreement
Reference details
- Source category
- Research & news
- Report title
Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?- First reported
- May 16, 2026 18:00 UTC
- Last reported
- May 16, 2026 18:00 UTC
- Catalog updated
- Oct 08, 2026 03:44 UTC
- Record ID
13af3afe49c09ae261cc8d5917b850f81e684090f933dae81fcd12066fb99460
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