Instructure, the maker of the Canvas education platform, says it reached an agreement with hacking group ShinyHunters after a recent breach. The reported deal covers stolen student and school data, with ShinyHunters confirming deletion and no further targeting of Instructure customers for payment. Separately, the US House Homeland Security Committee has requested a briefing from Instructure on the intrusions.
ShinyHunters, a hacking group behind alleged data theft and extortion, claims it stole about 6.65 terabytes of Canvas data. The post reportedly points to information tied to roughly 9,000 schools, raising concerns for educators and students using the platform. Canvas developers are expected to address what the exposed data includes and what safeguards are being strengthened.
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A major Canvas platform outage struck leading US universities on May 7, 2026, including Harvard and Stanford, after a cyberattack claimed by ShinyHunters. The group reportedly demanded a settlement to stop the release of stolen student information such as personal details and private messages. For many students, the disruption derailed classes and assignments amid uncertainty about their data.
The ShinyHunters hacking group says it will release stolen Canvas data if schools don’t contact it by May 12. Its message reportedly included a link to a list of schools that the group claims it breached through Canvas. The warning raises urgent questions about the extent of the incident and when services and affected data will be secured.
A cybercrime group calling itself ShinyHunters says it has hacked Instructure again, this time by defacing login pages for several schools that use the company’s platforms. The attackers reportedly inserted an extortion message, turning everyday access points into a threat. The claims raise new concerns for K-12 and higher education security around widely used learning tools.
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