Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Authorities struggle to stop AI tools generating nude images without consent

There has been a sharp rise in so-called "nudification" technology. These AI-powered tools can generate realistic fake images ...

Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas

Figma says users can employ natural language text prompts to direct its new AI agent to generate new designs, edit existing ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Fallout from the ransomware attack on Canvas used by thousands of universities

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A single attack brought a digital blackout to universities across the country. A former White House official says artificial intelligence was used in this attack. He says while the ...
The Guardian

Canvas platform strikes deal with hackers to delete students’ stolen data

Hack of online learning system caused chaos for students and faculty last week, delaying some final exams The company that operates the online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers ...
NBC News

Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform

The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle ...
The New York Times

Maker of Canvas Learning Platform Strikes Deal for Hackers to Return Data

Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given the hackers in exchange for the stolen data. By Qasim Nauman The ...
CNN

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, ...
Inside Higher Ed

Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers

Instructure has paid a ransom to a gang of cybercriminals that have twice hacked the company’s learning management system, Canvas, over the past week and a half. According to an update published by ...
NPR

Canvas is back online, but questions — and final exam disruptions — linger

The online education platform Canvas went offline after a data breach on Thursday, temporarily leaving students and faculty at thousands of U.S. colleges — and K-12 schools — without access to course ...
The Guardian

Cyber-attack on system widely used in US education disrupts final exams

Nationwide Canvas outage left students and faculty ‘dead in the water’ and rushing to rearrange end of academic year A system that thousands of schools and universities in the US use was offline on ...
Raleigh News & Observer

NC public schools, some universities cut Canvas access after ransomware attack

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. North Carolina DPI shut off Canvas access for K-12 public schools. Instructure said Canvas was fully back online, no evidence the ...
USA Today

Canvas, digital platform used by universities, back up after ransom hack

Canvas, a learning management platform, is back online after being down for hours on May 7 following a cyberattack. Hacking group ShinyHunters took responsibility for the breach at Instructure, and ...