Students and school employees across North Carolina got a ransomeware demand Thursday when they logged into the Canvas learning management system.
The pop-up message purportedly from the hacking group ShinyHunters gave users until May 12 to contact them or risk having their personal information exposed publicly. Instructure, the education technology company which owns Canvas, posted on its website that Canvas is down.
In response, the Wake County school system said Thursday it’s temporarily shutting off access to Canvas and urged people not to log into Canvas or respond to the ransom threat…