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Instructure reaches deal with ShinyHunters as Canvas breach hits Australian universities

The company behind the Canvas learning platform says stolen data has been returned and destroyed, but declines to say whether any payment was made.

By Reza Khalil
Cybersecurity

Stop guessing if your data leaked. Here's how to check in 60 seconds.

Seventeen billion compromised accounts sit inside Have I Been Pwned, the free Australian-built breach checker that tells you in under a minute whether your email address was exposed. Here is how it works, what else to use, and what to do after the bad news lands.

By Reza Khalil
Cybersecurity

ShinyHunters claim 275 million Canvas LMS records, set 12 May leak deadline

The hacking collective ShinyHunters says it has stolen 275 million records from Instructure's Canvas learning platform, naming Australia among affected regions. The vendor has confirmed an intrusion of its Salesforce environment, the second by the same actor in eight months, with a 12 May leak deadline.

By Reza Khalil
Cybersecurity

SafePay lists Australian energy management firm Energy Action on leak site

Ransomware crew SafePay has added Australian consultancy Energy Action to its dark web leak site, claiming a breach of the firm that says it manages more than 10 per cent of Australia's commercial energy spend.

By Reza Khalil
Cybersecurity

ShinyHunters breach of Canvas LMS hits Australian schools and universities

Australian universities, state education departments and private schools are among the customers caught up in a global breach of Instructure's Canvas platform. ShinyHunters claims to have taken 3.65 terabytes of data covering 275 million users.

By Reza Khalil