https://cowlpane.com/tags/outages/ Recent content in Outages on Cowlpane Hugo en-us Fri, 08 May 2026 18:33:48 +0000 https://cowlpane.com/tech/chaos-erupts-as-cyberattack-disrupts-learning-platform-canvas-amid-finals/ Fri, 08 May 2026 18:33:48 +0000 https://cowlpane.com/tech/chaos-erupts-as-cyberattack-disrupts-learning-platform-canvas-amid-finals/ <p>Chaos erupted at schools and colleges throughout the US on Thursday as a cyberattack disrupted online learning platform Canvas just as students were due to take final exams.</p> <p>Canvas parent company Instructuresaidthat as of Friday morning, the platform was back online. Instructure said it temporarily took Canvas offline on Thursday after identifying unauthorized activity in its network. The threat actor was the same one responsible for a data breach that Instructurediscloseda week ago.</p>