# @nbcchicago on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYGNAyOjiBI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65197529-nbcchicago-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c85a191316.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-08T23:57:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) — https://gondola.cc/nbcchicago

## Caption

A "security incident" impacting a popular classroom software caused issues for students at schools across the U.S. on Thursday, including Chicago-area universities like Northwestern and Dominican.

Around 2:50 p.m., reports of issues with Canvas, a learning management system used by roughly 40% of higher education institutions in North America, began popping up on Down Detector. By 3:35 p.m., more than 8,500 reports had been made by users.

#canvas #college #hacker #cybersecurity

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- **Views:** 41,514
- **Likes:** 1,392
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- **Comments:** 12

## Tags

canvas, cybersecurity, hacker, college

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