CNET

Canvas Hack Aftermath: Owner Instructure Reaches Deal With Hacker Group

Instructure says ShinyHunters has destroyed stolen user data after the group targeted more than 9,000 schools.
KQED

Canvas Hack: Instructure Agrees to Ransom Deal in Exchange for Stolen Data

The actors behind a major educational data breach received email addresses, enrollment information and messages from the ...

Canvas' parent company strikes deal with hackers to delete data stolen from educational platform

A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the Canvas breach and threatened to leak data involving 275 ...

Data stolen in Canvas hack that hit thousands of schools has been returned, company says

Data stolen in a cyberattack that shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US last week has been returned to the platform’s parent company, Instructure, ...

These AI courses by IIT Madras need no coding experience

AI for Aspiring Engineers, AI for Administrators, and Prompt Engineering — are designed as beginner-friendly programmes requiring no prior coding or AI experience.
The Washington Post

A secretive AI hacking system has sparked a global scramble

When security researchers at Mozilla, the maker of the popular web browser Firefox, pointed a powerful new artificial intelligence model at their code, they had a feeling of “vertigo.” Bobby Holley, ...
Government Technology

A History of Global Hacking — and Where It’s Going Next

In the midst of recent battles with Iran and their global partners, U.S. public- and private-sector organizations are also battling to secure critical infrastructure in a time of war. Federal agencies ...
The New York Times

Suspect Accused of Hacking Climate Activists Appears in Court

Amit Forlit is accused of running a hacking operation that aimed to thwart climate litigation at the behest of a lobbying firm working for an oil giant. By Karen Zraick A private investigator accused ...
BGR

New Hacking Threat Could Steal Your Accounts And Passwords - Even Through 2FA

Researchers from cybersecurity firm Varonis have discovered an infostealer that collects browser credentials, including accounts and passwords, session cookies, and crypto wallets. An infostealer is a ...
KETV Omaha

'Combination of curiosity and technology': Omaha conference highlights hacking as a tool for cybersecurity innovation

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES STILL. JULIE AND OMAHA NONPROFIT WANTS TO TEACH YOU HOW TO HACK. KERNEL CON IS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE HELD HERE IN OMAHA. HACKERS ARE TEACHING PROFESSIONALS FROM ACROSS THE METRO ...
Wired

Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends

Thousands of men are members of Telegram groups and channels that advertise and sell hacking and surveillance services that can be used to harass friends, wives and girlfriends, and former partners, ...
The New York Times

Suspect in Hacking of Climate Activists Is Extradited to New York

Prosecutors say Amit Forlit ran a global hacking operation on behalf of a Washington lobbying group that aimed to thwart environmental lawsuits against oil companies. By Karen Zraick Amit Forlit, who ...