Canvas hack: Company pays criminals to delete students' stolen data
The company behind Canvas says it has "reached an agreement" with the hackers who disrupted thousands of colleges and universities.
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"My knee‑jerk reaction was that I'd been hacked myself, because that's what it looked like."
— Aubrey Palmer , Academic
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The company behind Canvas says it has "reached an agreement" with the hackers who disrupted thousands of colleges and universities.
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