Wake County schools restore Canvas access after nationwide ransomware attack :: WRAL.com
Wake County schools restore Canvas access after nationwide ransomware attack :: WRAL.com
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Publish Date: 2026-05-11 16:41:00
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The Wake County Public School System on Monday has restored access to Canvas for students and staff.
A message on the school district’s website states, “Staff and students should once again be able to access Canvas through WakeID once they reboot their devices.”
Students and staff were unable to use Canvas last week after a cyber security incident. Canvas is used for lesson plans, school assignments, and communication between teachers and students.
Last week, ransomware targeted Canvas. The attack impacted school districts and universities across the country. Wake County notified families and restricted access to the site on school-issued devices.
Education technology company Instructure said it restored Canvas on Friday, a day after the hack.
Instructure briefly took Canvas down on May 7 but restored it on May 8 for all but the free version.
Many North Carolina schools have waited to restore access to Canvas after the second breach on May 7 showed some system features had been taken over by the hackers, on top of data merely being accessed. An initial hack happened on April 29.
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