FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — Canvas access has been restored to the four colleges in the State Center Community College District after a nationwide outage tied to a cybersecurity incident involving the company that operates the learning management system.
The district said Canvas access was restored Monday morning at 8:40 a.m., though its Information Systems team continues working to restore full system resiliency and stability.
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As institutions across the nation resume unrestricted access, users were told they may experience slower-than-normal system performance.
The outage stemmed from a cybersecurity incident at Instructure, the company that owns and runs Canvas, which left the platform down for thousands of college and university campuses across the country, including SCCCD.
Instructure said it became aware of the incident on May 1st and confirmed the hackers accessed its database.
The exposed information includes names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages among users.
Instructure said there is no indication that passwords, Social Security numbers, financial data, dates of birth, or other sensitive information were compromised.
The district said there is no evidence its internal systems were affected. Instructure’s investigation is ongoing.
District users were asked to remain vigilant for phishing messages or suspicious communications referencing Canvas and to report any concerns through their regular campus channels.