The hacker group ShinyHunters, which gained access to data from 9,000 educational institutions, including TU/e, through Canvas, has continued the cyberattack. TU/e has therefore temporarily disconnected its integration with Canvas.

This was announced in a message sent to students and staff at 10:00 on Friday morning (see also the intranet). In the message, the Executive Board (CvB) states: “As a precaution, we have temporarily broken the link with Canvas. So Canvas is not available until further notice.”

Do not log in

TU/e is strongly urging students and staff not to log in to Canvas, “not even via direct links or old bookmarks.” According to the message, education can continue, “but possibly in an adapted form.”

Several systems linked to Canvas have also been taken offline: FeedbackFruits, Similarity, Momotor, Petzer, and Perusall. The following Canvas-related systems are still safe to use: YuJa, Microsoft Education, OnCourse (Moodle LMS), Mentimeter (stand-alone only), and Evalytics.

Close consultation

TU/e is in close consultation at all levels with Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) and the other affected universities, according to spokesperson Ivo Jongsma. At 16:00 on Friday afternoon, the Executive Board will publish an update on the situation on the intranet.

Update at 16:09: The update by the Executive Board will be released later, by 20:00 at the latest.

This article was translated using AI-assisted tools and reviewed by an editor.