The online platform Canvas, which students and faculty in schools across Arizona use to access courses and submit work, is down right now reportedly due to a cyberattack.
Canvas’ parent company says it’s investigating the issue. But some teachers have seen popups from hackers today while grading on the platform. Thousands of schools, like ASU and Mesa Public Schools, use the program.
ASU professor Penny Ann Dolin says she was working on finals when "... all of a sudden, the screen went black inside Canvas with a message from the hackers basically saying I couldn’t do anything about this, the school has to contact them. It was obviously a cyberattack," Dolin said.
ASU said in a statement Canvas is not operated by the university, but it is looking into how student and staff information may have been compromised.
"ASU is aware of an incident that has affected Canvas, the online platform students and faculty use to access courses and submit work, that has resulted today in users being redirected and rendering the platform inaccessible at this time. This incident is unrelated to any ASU-managed system. The university is looking into the extent to which any data has been compromised and is working with students and faculty to circumvent this disruption in the closing days of the semester,” an ASU spokesperson said.
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