A cyberattack by a group called ShinyHunters is impacting thousands of students in the New York area and across the country who use Canvas.
A cyberattack on a system used across the country is affecting thousands of students in the Tri-State Area amid finals season. A company called Infrastructure was hacked by a group called ShinyHunters Thursday.
Infrastructure is behind the learning management system called Canvas, which thousands of students and teachers rely on. New York City Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels released a statement Friday about two privacy issues school officials learned about. One is impacting up to seven schools, and one is local to one campus, he said.
'New York City Public Schools places a premium on the protection of student data and use of technology, and devotes significant resources to doing so. In line with that, we act quickly and urgently when we learn of a potential breach,' Samuels said.
'In such cases, we work around the clock with any vendor that may be involved, as well as all appropriate law enforcement agencies and NYC Cyber Command to drive towards resolution and safeguards as soon as feasible. ' What schools are affected by the Canvas hack? Columbia University officials posted on social media that they are investigating after widespread issues were reported. The Mailman School of Public Health at the university postponed all exams and assignments due Friday.
Rutgers University also released several updates throughout Thursday night.
'We are actively monitoring the global system outage impacting Canvas. Each campus will share communications with students, faculty, and staff, providing campus-specific information regarding exams and coursework,' the latest statement said. Is Canvas back up yet? A status log posted by Infrastructure said that the system is available for most users. It says Canvas Beta and Canvas Test are still in maintenance.
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