{"id":242172,"date":"2026-05-08T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/cybersecurity-experts-warn-the-public-after-canvas-attack-impacts-baylor\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T05:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:25:12","slug":"cybersecurity-experts-warn-the-public-after-canvas-attack-impacts-baylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/cybersecurity-experts-warn-the-public-after-canvas-attack-impacts-baylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity experts warn the public after Canvas attack impacts Baylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcentv.com\/article\/news\/local\/cybersecurity-experts-warn-public-canvas-attack-baylor\/500-fdc3ac98-f61c-489a-bf24-482ec747e676\">Cybersecurity experts warn the public after Canvas attack impacts Baylor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcentv.com\/article\/news\/local\/cybersecurity-experts-warn-public-canvas-attack-baylor\/500-fdc3ac98-f61c-489a-bf24-482ec747e676\">https:\/\/www.kcentv.com\/article\/news\/local\/cybersecurity-experts-warn-public-canvas-attack-baylor\/500-fdc3ac98-f61c-489a-bf24-482ec747e676<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-08 21:44:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.kcentv.com\">www.kcentv.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A cyberattack tied to the Canvas learning platform affected colleges nationwide, as experts urge students and the public to take precautions.<\/p>\n<p>WACO, Texas \u2014 A nationwide cybersecurity incident involving the Canvas learning platform disrupted colleges and universities across the country this week, including Baylor University, as students prepare for finals and commencement ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>Baylor officials said Canvas access\u00a0was restored Friday afternoon after a widespread outage forced changes to the university\u2019s finals schedule and raised concerns about cybersecurity and data protection.<\/p>\n<p>                                        <span class=\"article__story-continues-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p>                                        <\/span><br \/>\n                                        <span class=\"article__story-continues-text\"><br \/>\n                                            This story continues below.<br \/>\n                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The university rescheduled Friday\u2019s final exams for the following week, while other exams continued as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the ransomware group \u201cShinyHunters\u201d claimed responsibility for the attack, allegedly threatening to release personal data unless ransoms were paid.<\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity expert James Turgal said attacks on a platform as large as Canvas can impact millions of users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you hit a platform, it\u2019s not like hitting 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