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US House lawmakers demand explanations from Instructure after two Canvas data breaches that exposed student data.
Instructure (Canvas) says it reached an agreement with the ShinyHunters to prevent leakage of stolen data after a 3.5 TB data breach, with the stolen data returned and no customer extortion expected.
Ransomware breach of Canvas disrupted finals, with 275 million records claimed by ShinyHunters across 8,800 schools; universities postponed or adjusted exams as data including usernames, emails and student IDs was accessed.
Poland reports five water-treatment plants hacked with potential safety implications, tying to a broader cross-border cyber threat to critical infrastructure and ongoing regulatory advisories in the US.
ShinyHunters defaced Instructure Canvas login pages after claiming another breach; extortion threat to publish stolen data on May 12, following a prior breach affecting thousands of schools and millions of people.
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