Instructure confirms second data breach in under a year; ShinyHunters claims responsibility

Potential exposure of student and educator data across educational institutions relying on Instructure's platform.

For the second time in less than a year, Instructure — the company whose Canvas platform quietly underpins the daily learning of millions of students and educators worldwide — has confirmed a significant data breach, with the hacker collective ShinyHunters claiming responsibility. The recurrence invites a harder question than any single incident could: not merely what was taken, but whether the institutions that entrust children's and teachers' most sensitive records to this platform can continue to do so in good conscience. In the long arc of digital trust, a second breach is not an anomaly —

Instructure confirms second data breach in under a year; ShinyHunters claims responsibility

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