Canvas Platform Developer Reaches Deal with Hackers Over Stolen Data
Instructure, the company behind the Canvas education platform, announced it has reached a deal with hackers to ensure the return and destruction of stolen data. The breach prompted an apology from the developer, with reports indicating over 72,000 Hongkongers from institutions like HKUST and PolyU were affected.
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Instructure Strikes Deal for Hackers for Return of Canvas Data
Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given the hackers in exchange for the stolen data.
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