Top universities among victims named in Canvas data breach - MIT, Oxford and more all hit

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• ShinyHunters claim the Instructure attack exposed data from nearly 9,000 schools and 275M individuals
• Newly named victims include elite universities (Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Stanford, Cambridge, etc.) and major tech firms
• With ransom due May 7, at least 47M students risk exposure if negotiations fail

Some of the world’s top universities, including the likes Harvard, Oxford, and MIT, may have had their sensitive data stolen by ShinyHunters in the recent Canvas breach.