ShinyHunters claims to have obtained these records from a massive, nationwide breach of the company Instructure and its student learning platform, Canvas, and threatens to publish the personal information of users from more than 7,000 schools and universities.
The Daily Cal has contacted the group and obtained a list of allegedly affected institutions via the ShinyHunters’ dark web breach site. The list includes multiple UC campuses, including UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Irvine and the UC-operated online course provider for high school students, UC Scout.
Prior to this afternoon’s seizure, ShinyHunters told the Daily Cal the stolen information included, “student and staff email addresses, names, student IDs, courses enrolled, and tons of private messages.” Students should be wary when attempting to log in to bCourses, as the group claims the current attack may use a different infiltration method and password entries could be stolen.
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