Instructure confirms hackers used Canvas flaw to deface portals
Education technology giant Instructure has confirmed that a security vulnerability allowed hackers to modify Canvas login portals and leave an extortion message.
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- severity.upliftheuristicn/aActive exploitation / in-the-wild language detected — floor raised to at least high.
- severity.upliftheuristicn/aCombined zero-day/exploit + ransomware/mass-impact signals → critical.
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