INSTRUCTURE PAYS RANSOM TO CANVAS HACKERS

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Instructure paid an undisclosed ransom to ShinyHunters following two breaches of its Canvas learning management system, which compromised the personal data of approximately 275 million users and caused service disruptions. Though the company received a guarantee that the stolen data was destroyed, experts caution that paying the ransom incentivizes future attacks and offers no absolute certainty that the information will not be leaked.