Educational company Infrastructure reports cyber incident
By Saturday, Infrastructure’s chief information security officer Steve Proud confirmed that the hackers gained access to information about users at some educational institutions, including names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages between users.
A cyber incident disrupted operations this weekend at Instructure, the educational company behind popular learning tool Canvas.
The company initially reported a cybersecurity incident conducted by cybercriminals on Friday night, warning customers that an investigation was commenced to understand the extent of the attack.
By Saturday, Instructure's chief information security officer Steve Proud confirmed that the hackers gained access to information about users at some educational institutions, including names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages between users.
Source: https://therecord.media/infrastructure-education-company-canvas-incident
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