After a cybersecurity attack caused Canvas to shut down around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, it started working again around seven hours later.
The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed to be behind the attack and says they have student data from nearly 9,000 schools and universities, according to The Seattle Times.
While the system was down, the website read, “Canvas is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance.”
All SM East teachers use Canvas to assign coursework, post grades and communicate with students. This caused problems in preparing for quizzes and submitting assignments that were due that night, according to sophomore Annika Berg.
“I have a pre-lab quiz in my third hour and I needed to watch the video that went with it, but the only place to watch the video was on Canvas,” Berg said.
The shutdown also caused issues for SM East faculty.
Spanish teacher Abra Scanlon was unable to put in grades for her students last night after being informed of the hacking through an email to all staff from associate principal Kristoffer Barikmo.
“Our district staff has not given any indication of what the status is at this point because it is a problem with the servers of Canvas’ parent company, Instructure,” Barikmo wrote in his email.
A week ago, on May 1, Instructure announced a “cybersecurity incident” and the following day confirmed that user data, such as email addresses, student ID numbers and names, were compromised, according to The New York Times.
According to a ransom letter shared on ransomwar.live — a website that monitors ransomware groups — on May 3, ShinyHunters claim to have gained data compromising 275 million students and faculty members. In the letter, they threatened to leak information and cause technical difficulties if Instructure does not reach out to them by May 6.
ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach on Thursday after Instructure did not respond to their ransom, according to The New York Times. The group said it would leak personal data on May 12 if their message continues to be ignored.
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