Right before Finals Week, a cybercriminal gang has disrupted numerous schools by shutting down Canvas, an online educational IT system used for online courses, study guides, and testing. Students and professors trying to access Canvas are seeing an extortion note from ShinyHunters, a cybercriminal group that’s been on a spree of high-profile breaches in recent weeks. “ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again),” the note says, referring to the company that develops Canvas. Last Friday, Instructure disclosed it had suffered a “cybersecurity incident,” prompting it to revoke the attacker's access. An attached text file also claims the number of affected institutions is nearly 9,000, which includes school districts. Universities and colleges, including Princeton, Penn State, Baylor University, and the University of British Columbia, have since confirmed they’re facing a Canvas outage. Learn more at PCMag 📸: ShinyHunters Like what you're reading? Don't miss out on our latest sto...