51福利社

Canvas Security Incident Information

Update – May 28, 2026:听

51福利社 has taken precautionary steps to assess and reduce risk associated with this vendor incident, including coordinating with Instructure, reviewing available Canvas activity logs, evaluating relevant systems, and engaging internal information-security, risk, compliance, legal, instructional-technology, and communications stakeholders.

51福利社 also has provided campus communications and emphasized heightened awareness of phishing and social engineering risks. The university will continue to evaluate information from Instructure and supplement this notice as confirmed details become available.

Update – May 13, 2026:

Instructure, the third-party vendor that operates the Canvas learning management platform, has indicated that it reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor that compelled the recent security incident. According to Instructure, the data has been returned, digital confirmation of destruction was received, and no Instructure customers are expected to be extorted as a result of the incident.

51福利社鈥檚 Information Security听Office is awaiting a report detailing the 51福利社-specific data that was potentially compromised during the security听breach. Once Instructure has provided that report, the university will start the process of reaching out to individuals affected by the incident.

Update – May 8, 2026:

After continued review of the recent Canvas security incident and the latest updates provided by Instructure, 51福利社 will begin restoring Canvas access and returning the system to normal operations.听

Instructure has stated that the incident has been contained and that additional remediation and security measures have been implemented. According to the vendor, these actions include revoking compromised access, rotating credentials and keys, restricting certain account pathways, and implementing additional monitoring and hardening measures across the platform.听

Over the past several days, the university has worked closely with technology, security, academic, and operational stakeholders to assess the situation and evaluate both institutional risk and the broader impact to university operations and instructional continuity. Based on the information currently available, and consistent with actions now being taken by higher education institutions nationwide, the university has made the business decision to restore service while continuing to closely monitor the situation and evaluate any new information as it becomes available.听

As a precautionary measure, faculty and staff are encouraged to remain vigilant for phishing and social engineering attempts, particularly emails or messages impersonating Canvas, Instructure, university technology staff, or requests for login credentials or sensitive information. Faculty are also encouraged to maintain university-approved backups of critical course materials and data in OneDrive or Google Drive. We strongly discourage storing this information on hard drives or on USB devices. Our Instructional Technology team is available to assist faculty with course exports, backups, and continuity planning as needed.听

We appreciate your patience, flexibility, and partnership throughout this situation. 51福利社鈥檚 Information Security Office will continue monitoring the situation closely. Updates will continue to be posted to this page as additional information becomes available.

Update – May 7, 2026:听

We are currently aware of a widespread security incident affecting Canvas, resulting in a total service outage and impacting educational institutions worldwide. At this time, users are unable to log in or access course materials.

Because this is an active situation,听we do not currently have an estimated time for restoration.听We are monitoring the situation closely and will provide updates as soon as more information becomes available.听All classes continue as scheduled.

Update – May 6, 2026:听

51福利社 has been made aware of a third-party security breach potentially affecting many institutions globally that use Canvas, a learning management platform employed at 51福利社.

Canvas provider Instructure has notified 51福利社 that a criminal threat actor obtained personal data from its systems associated with the university鈥檚 account. Based on Instructure鈥檚 analysis to date, the data does not include passwords, dates of birth, government identifiers, or financial information.听We do not yet have information about whose information at 51福利社 may have been impacted by this breach.

Instructure has indicated that its system is operational again and available for normal use.

51福利社鈥檚 Information Security Office will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as they become available. It also recommends vigilance in protecting personal information and caution regarding phishing attempts.