Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?

What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?, Businesses are advised against paying – but many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacy After a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates and school login pages being defaced by hackers, the US tech firm Instructure – which operates the education platform Canvas, used by education providers worldwide – announced it had “reached an agreement with the unauthorised actor” behind the ransomware attack. Experts read the careful language as a sign that a ransom has been paid. The company has not confirmed this. Continue reading…

Context

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What to watch

Open questions include whether primary sources issue follow-up statements, whether local or market impacts become clearer, and whether additional reporting changes the timeline or adds material context.

Source

Primary source: Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data? via The Guardian. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.