South Florida schools impacted by Canvas system cyberattack

Canvas, a system that thousands of schools and universities use, including institutions in South Florida, was offline Thursday during a cyberattack.

Broward County Public Schools posted on X that the system’s access was blocked districtwide to protect its data.

🚨 BCPS ALERT: Canvas is undergoing a cyberattack. As a precaution, Canvas access has been temporarily blocked districtwide to help protect BCPS systems and data.⚠️ Do not log in from personal devices or click suspicious Canvas links/messages.🔒 Stay alert. Protect District… pic.twitter.com/TtxMUHZOxI

— Broward County Public Schools (@browardschools) May 8, 2026

Florida International University also alerted students that Canvas would be unavailable due to the cybersecurity incident…

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