Canvas hack: Company pays criminals to delete students' stolen data

The company behind Canvas says it has "reached an agreement" with the hackers who disrupted thousands of colleges and universities. 2 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service The company behind the popular Canvas software, which was hacked last week causing major disruption at thousands of universities and colleges, has paid the hackers not to publish stolen data online. The note read: "Shiny Hunters has breached Instructure (again)." It threatened to release stolen data unless a ransom was paid in bitcoin by Canvas or affected universities. United States Cyber-security Cyber-crime Cyber-attacks The company behind Canvas says it has "reached an agreement" with the hackers who disrupted thousands of colleges and universities. Canvas hack: Company pays criminals to delete students' stolen data