Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals

May 8, 2026 · 1 min read · Ars Technica

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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.

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.

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