Education platform pays off hacker who shut down site during finals week

“Hacker threatened to leak millions of users’ private information The company that runs Canvas, an online platform used by thousands of colleges and universities, agreed to pay a ransom to hackers who shut down the website last week, leading to some schools to postpone finals. Instructure, which operates Canvas, did not disclose the amount that it paid to hacker ShinyHunters in exchange… Source

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