Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management platform, announced it has "reached an agreement" with hackers who breached its systems last week to prevent stolen data from being leaked online.
The ShinyHunters hacking group claimed responsibility for the attack before Canvas was briefly taken offline. The group had threatened to publish 3.5 terabytes of student data if ransom demands for a "settlement" weren’t met.
In a statement, Instructure confirmed that the stolen data has been returned as part of its unspecified "agreement" with the hackers. The company also pledged that "no Instructure customers will be extorted as a result of this incident."
"We un…
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