NEWS
The provider of Canvas has reached an agreement with the hacker group that breached the learning platform. The data they obtained has been returned to the provider and will not be disseminated further.
The American company Instructure provides the Canvas learning platform to thousands of colleges and universities worldwide; in Sweden, the system is used by over 30 universities and colleges. The attackers who breached the system threatened to leak data, such as personal information, outside the system.
Instructure now reports that an agreement has been reached with the attackers, who have consequently returned the data they obtained. Instructure assures that no personal data has been or will be disseminated further.
Vigilance and caution are always important in digital environments. If you suspect a breach or virus in your IT environment, it is important to act quickly.
