{"id":305928,"date":"2026-05-08T12:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305928\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:30:33","slug":"canvas-outage-during-finals-leaves-sacramento-area-students-scrambling-after-cyberattack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305928\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas outage during finals leaves Sacramento area students scrambling after cyberattack"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cyberattack causing a Canvas outage during finals week left Sacramento State students unable to access exams, grades and assignments.<\/p>\n

SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Students at\u00a0California State University, Sacramento,<\/a> and colleges across the country are scrambling days before finals after a\u00a0nationwide cyberattack<\/a> shut down Canvas, the online learning platform many schools rely on for classes, assignments, and grades.<\/p>\n

For many students, the outage came at the worst possible time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unbelievable,\u201d Sacramento State junior Biola Jinadu said.<\/p>\n

Theo Carter, a Sacramento State sophomore, said he missed an exam deadline because Canvas was unavailable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had an exam I had to get done by 5 p.m. and I missed it because the Canvas was shut down,\u201d Carter said.<\/p>\n

Infrastructure, the company behind Canvas, said names, email addresses, student ID numbers and private messages may have been accessed before the breach was contained.<\/p>\n

William Robey, a Sacramento State senior graduating in two weeks, said the outage only added more stress during finals season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI graduate in two weeks. And the last thing I want to do is just keep adding more stuff to my plate,\u201d Robey said.<\/p>\n

Robey said he first learned about the outage while asking a professor about final exam information.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe said, well I actually don\u2019t know off the top of my head and I can\u2019t check because Canvas is down,\u201d Robey said. \u201cI was like, is Canvas really down, and I checked my phone. It is really down.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mun Kang, Professor and Chair of the Radio, TV and Film Department at Cosumnes River College<\/a>, said schools across the country depend on Canvas for nearly everything tied to coursework.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe post grades on there. We put assignments on there. People submit assignments and projects,\u201d Kang said.<\/p>\n

With the system offline, Kang said faculty may need to find other ways for students to turn in work temporarily.<\/p>\n

\u201cI might have to draft an email like, \u2018hey, upload your stuff to Google Drive and send me the email,\u2019\u201d Kang said.<\/p>\n

Sacramento State senior Miliani Ruiz said the outage highlighted how dependent schools have become on technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing could not have been worse,\u201d Ruiz said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of scary just to know how much we depend on it, too,\u201d Ruiz said.<\/p>\n

Ruiz said she has not submitted paper assignments in years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Ruiz said with a laugh when asked whether students may need to go back to more traditional methods. \u201cIf that is how I am going to graduate, then that is how I am going to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company that operates Canvas said it is continuing to investigate the breach as students and faculty wait for the system to come back online.<\/p>\n

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