On May 1, Instructure noted that it had experienced a “a cybersecurity incident perpetrated by a criminal threat actor.” By May 2, the ed-tech firm said the situation had been “contained,” but it disclosed that names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and messages among users, could have been among the information obtained from the breach.
What schools have been affected?
A number of higher-learning institutions across the country, including Harvard, have been severely impacted by the outage and are now in crisis-solving mode.
Some universities resorted to cancelling scheduled exams and coursework deadlines, including Penn State, the University of Illinois, and James Madison University in Virginia. Columbia said it was “working actively with schools to minimize academic disruption, create alternative mechanisms to prepare for and deliver exams, and provide appropriate flexibility during this period.”