Canvas student portal is down, multiple schools [Universities] confirm

News9 ^ | 5/7/26 | Victor A. Pozadas

[CFW]

STILLWATER, Okla. -Multiple schools in Oklahoma are affected by a cybersecurity breach that threatens to release data of teachers and students across the state. The online learning system Canvas is down for schools and universities nationwide.

The University of Oklahoma sent out an automated email to students addressing the ongoing Canvas incident.

In part, the statement reads:

“The University of Oklahoma is aware of a cybersecurity incident involving Canvas, operated by Instructure. This is a global issue affecting institutions worldwide, and Canvas services are currently experiencing disruptions. The University is actively working with Instructure to monitor the situation and gather additional information.

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KEYWORDS: canvas; hackers; studentportals; universities

[CFW]

From Berkeley to Harvard, students at thousands of schools abruptly lost access to their coursework on Thursday, after a key software provider pulled the plug to deal with a cybersecurity incident.

The Canvas LMS software is used by students to submit assignments, communicate with instructors and take exams, and its adoption has spread since the Covid-19 pandemic expanded remote instruction.

The company behind Canvas, Instructure Inc., has been dealing with a security incident for several days. On Wednesday, it had told customers that the situation had been resolved, only for a ransom note to briefly appear on the platform Thursday afternoon.

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Pick a university and search their name along with the words "Canvas outage" and you'll likely find they are suffering from the outage. This is right at exam time at most schools and is going to cause major headaches from administrators, professors, and students alike.

[Steely Tom]

Oh, it’s the smartest people in the room, again.

[Libloather]

Learn to code they said.

[CFW]

Yep. It’s academia. The smart people.

If you’ve worked in a university environment you know that if the network or a major computer program such as Canvas goes down, everyone may as well go home.

I’m glad I’m retired because I was on the essential “Crisis Team”. That meant if everyone was going home except for “essential” staff, I wasn’t going anywhere until the problem was resolved or a work-a-round had been put in place.

[dfwgator]

Multiple schools in Oklahoma are affected by a cybersecurity breach that threatens to release data of teachers and students across the state.

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Oh no, their “Permanent Records” will be exposed.

[Beowulf9]

Who does these cyber things? What is the purpose. I mean is it done by a malicious foreign entity or just a ‘in the USA’ computer hacker for some prank? I don’t really get it and there are so many of these.

Do they ever find out who?

[CFW]

Who does these cyber things? What is the purpose. I mean is it done by a malicious foreign entity or just a ‘in the USA’ computer hacker for some prank? I don’t really get it and there are so many of these.

Do they ever find out who?

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Some do it to obtain personal information, some for revenge for assorted reasons, some to extort funds, and some just for the fun of it.

[DoodleBob]

[for-q-clinton]

It’s the modern day bomb threat to get out of school. Cyberattack the platform.

[posterchild]

https://instructure.com/canvas is the non U. company which provides services to academia. They are the ones who are responsible for providing Canvas as a service.

[CFW]

Fulton County, Georgia school system as well.

“Canvas breach: Hackers gain access to students, teachers names, email, messages”

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/canvas-breach-hackers-target-students-teachers-across-america/VOXDYO4ZU5HK5KOO7LZG7LHPGQ/

“They said names, email addresses, and student ID numbers,

The hacking and extortion gang ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach, according to TechCrunch. as well as messages among users had been accessed by hackers.”