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People are discussing a cyberattack that disrupted the learning platform Canvas during finals, creating widespread chaos for students and educators. The headline focuses on the timing and operational impact rather than any pricing or feature changes.

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Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals ·
Key Takeaway A cyberattack is causing active disruption to Canvas right as finals are happening.
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A cyberattack is causing active disruption to Canvas right as finals are happening.

People are discussing a cyberattack that disrupted the learning platform Canvas during finals, creating widespread chaos for students and educators. The headline focuses on the timing and operational impact rather than any pricing or feature changes.

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Top 1 signals · A cyberattack is causing active disruption
Ars Technica · 14d ago
Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals

Briefing Findings · A cyberattack is causing active disruption

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Trigger Cyberattack
Impact timing Amid finals

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arstechnica.com

Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals

Across the country, schools and colleges postpone year-end tests.

14d ago Dan Goodin
bleepingcomputer.com

US govt seeks Instructure testimony on massive Canvas cyberattack

The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security is calling on Instructure executives to testify about two cyberattacks by the ShinyHunters extortion group that targeted the company's Canvas platform, al

11d ago Lawrence Abrams
techcrunch.com

US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches | TechCrunch

U.S. House lawmakers want to know how hackers broke into education tech giant Instructure twice and stole reams of data from students who use the company's flagship student data software Canvas.

9d ago Zack Whittaker
bleepingcomputer.com

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.

12d ago Ionut Ilascu

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What is Gemini’s Canvas?

Canvas launched in March 2025 and has been getting more powerful since. It's an interactive workspace that lives right inside Gemini - you select it from the prompt bar, and a side panel opens up where you and Gemini co-create in real time. The difference from a regular chat is that instead of responses just stacking up in a scrolling thread, everything lives in one persistent, editable document or project. You can go back in, tweak a specific section, highlight a paragraph and tell Gemini to rewrite just that part, adjust the tone, shorten it, whatever - without regenerating the whole thing f

I tried this Gemini feature and haven't opened Canva, PowerPoint, or Notion since
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