Universities Postpone Final Exams Following Canvas Hack, Affecting Students Nationwide
Colleges and universities across the United States have postponed final exams and assignment deadlines due to a hack on Canvas, a widely used learning management system. The disruption affected 41% of North American higher education institutions. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Baylor University are among those that have rescheduled exams, with Baylor planning to restore access to its Canvas system after the company, Instructure, resolved the issue. Arizona State University and the University of California System have also taken precautionary measures, with the latter temporarily blocking Canvas access until security is assured. The hack, claimed by the criminal group ShinyHunters, reportedly compromised personal information for millions of students and employees worldwide. Instructure has since restored Canvas but has temporarily shut down its Free-For-Teacher accounts to prevent further unauthorized access. 
