--- title: Edu tech firm Instructure discloses cyber incident,... description: Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving a criminal threat actor. The company is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/edu-tech-firm-instructure-discloses-cyber-incident-probes-impact-vtim2ux8n twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Edu tech firm Instructure discloses cyber incident, probes impact | daily.dev og:description: Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving a criminal threat actor. The company is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/edu-tech-firm-instructure-discloses-cyber-incident-probes-impact-vtim2ux8n og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vtIM2uX8N.png og:image:alt: Edu tech firm Instructure discloses cyber incident, probes impact og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Edu tech firm Instructure discloses cyber incident, probes impact **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Instructure, the company behind the Canvas learning management system, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident involving a criminal threat actor. The company is investigating with outside forensics experts and has taken some services offline, including Canvas Data 2 and Canvas Beta. No details have been shared about the nature or scope of the breach. This follows a separate September 2025 breach via social engineering that exposed Salesforce data, claimed by ShinyHunters. Education technology firms are increasingly targeted due to the large volumes of student and teacher personal data they hold. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Edtech firm Instructure confirms data breach after Salesforce instance hack](https://daily.dev/posts/edtech-firm-instructure-confirms-data-breach-after-salesforce-instance-hack-ukhislz1q) · BleepingComputer · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Lessons from the Canvas cyberattack](https://daily.dev/posts/lessons-from-the-canvas-cyberattack-1zt7dlwr7) · CSO Online · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What Is the Instructure Canvas Breach? 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