Instructure Attacks Deal for Hackers for Return of Canvas Data
Corroborated by 8 sources from 8 publishers
TL;DR
Reports differ across sources; according to techcrunch.com, instructure, the maker of the popular school information portal Canvas, said on Tuesday it has “reached an agreement” with the hackers who breached its systems twice, stole a huge amount of student and staff data, and disrupted thousands of schools that rely on the company’s software.
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BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdepzg83x87o?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS
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BBC News (World)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdepzg83x87o?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS
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BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdepzg83x87o?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS
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BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdepzg83x87o?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS
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BBC News (World)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdepzg83x87o?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS
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Bloomberg Technology
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/instructure-reaches-deal-with-hackers-to-return-canvas-user-data
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ABC News Technology Headlines
https://abcnews.com/Technology/wireStory/deal-reached-hackers-delete-data-stolen-canvas-educational-132874343
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The Verge (Tech)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/928470/instructure-canvas-hack-shinyhunters-ransom-agreement
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TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/instructure-strikes-deal-with-hackers-who-breached-it-twice
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CBS News Technology
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canvas-deal-hackers-delete-data-stolen-educational-platform
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The Guardian (World)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/12/canvas-hacker-deal-student-stolen-data
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ABC News U.S. Headlines
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/deal-reached-hackers-delete-data-stolen-canvas-educational-132891593
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The New York Times (Technology)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/canvas-instructure-hackers-deal.html