NUS, SUSS and SIM were on a list of schools that were affected by the breach. CNA has also contacted NTUC Learning Hub and Kaplan to ask if they have been similarly affected by the Canvas breach.
Canvas has 30 million active users globally between kindergarten and college age, according to Instructure’s website.
In the United States, the hack affected universities including Harvard and Stanford, and thousands of other institutions, causing widespread disruption as students prepare for end-of-year tasks and assignments.
ShinyHunters said 275 million individuals’ data could be leaked if schools did not pay the ransom by a deadline of May 6. The group then extended the deadline, indicating some schools had engaged with them to negotiate.
The group has also been tied to other attacks, including one aimed at Live Nation’s Ticketmaster subsidiary.
