The parent company of the software program Canvas explains in a press release that they have made a deal with the hacker group ShinyHunters, which was also behind the hack of telecom provider Odido. It is not known whether the ransom demanded by the hackers was paid in exchange for the stolen data. The company has now recovered all data and received confirmation that the hacker group no longer has it.
Chaos at Amsterdam universities
The hack from last week caused chaos at several Dutch universities, including the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). After it became known that data such as names, emails and internal communications had possibly been stolen, they closed Canvas. This has made, among other things, handing in assignments and viewing study material a lot more difficult.
According to Instructure, the software program is now safe to use again, but the Amsterdam universities say they are cautious about restarting Canvas. The UvA will provide an update this evening, while the VU indicates that it will not use the software until at least May 18.
