Schools across the Uintah Basin that use Canvas as part of their web based learning joined countless more schools across the country in experiencing a data breach, including student information. Information on the data security event started rolling out late last week. The Utah System of Higher Education shared that Canvas is contracted through a company called Instructure and, according to Instructure, “the data security incident resulted in the compromise of names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and user messages. The compromised information relates to students, instructors, and other users. Instructure does not believe that passwords, dates of birth, government identifiers, or financial information were compromised.” Instructure has restored most normal Canvas functions and the company is providing information about its response to affected institutions but has not yet publically identified affected users.
