A cyberattack on a widely-used classroom software impacted thousands of school districts and universities across the country on Thursday, May 7, including several in North Texas.<\/p>\n
Canvas is an online learning management system that that is used by educators and students to access and manage course materials. A hacking group named ShinyHunters<\/a> claimed responsibility for the hack, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n While Canvas is back up and running<\/a> as of Friday, May 8, the hack did impact North Texas schools Thursday.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what to know.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac In case you missed it:<\/p>\n \u25fd\ufe0f Get Star-Telegram headlines in your inbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n Did the Canvas hack impact Fort Worth schools?<\/p>\n In a message on its home page last updated at 5:11 p.m. Thursday, Tarrant County College stated that it’s aware of the cyberattack on Canvas.<\/p>\n For anyone looking for the latest updates, TCC\u2019 recommends visiting this link.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis is a nationwide event impacting thousands of educational institutions around the world. We will continue to provide updates as information becomes available,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n A TCU spokesperson told the Star-Telegram Friday morning that the university does not use Canvas.<\/p>\n Texas Wesleyan University\u2019s student newspaper The Rambler reporter late Thursday<\/a> that Canvas access had been restored after hours of inaccessibility.<\/p>\n Fort Worth ISD advised teachers and students to shut down their computers Thursday and stay off the school\u2019s Wi-Fi, according to the Dallas Morning News<\/a>. On Friday morning, students and teachers were allowed to get back online but were told to avoid logging into Canvas.<\/p>\n Other North Texas schools<\/p>\n In a message to students Friday morning, the University of Texas at Arlington stated that Canvas found no evidence of any personal information being involved in the attack.<\/p>\n