Thousands of educational institutions across North America were affected by a cyberattack on the Canvas learning management system earlier this month. Affected Canadian postsecondary institutions include OCAD University, Ontario Tech University, Simon Fraser University, the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Toronto. The platform was shut down for several hours on Thursday, and Canvas’s parent company Instructure reported that data including names, emails, and messages among users may have been compromised. The hacker group that took credit for the attack claims that data from 275M users was stolen. Institutions urged their users to change their passwords and remain vigilant for phishing attempts.
