Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals

Canvas was taken offline during finals week after Instructure detected unauthorized network activity tied to a recent breach.

The outage disrupted exams at many schools, forcing some to postpone or reschedule finals.

Service was restored the next day, but the incident highlighted risks to a widely used education platform.

ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and said it accessed user names, emails, student ID numbers, and messages.