By Sean Maguire ( May 13, 2026, 07:46 GMT | Insight) -- Instructure, a US-based education-technology company, said its agreement with hackers has seen Australian schools and university's restore access to Canvas, a popular education portal. The agreement was reached with a cybercrime group that claimed to have stolen student and staff data from 275 million users worldwide. Around 9,000 education institutions and dozens in Australia use Canvas.Instructure, developer of the popular education portal Canvas, said it has reached an “agreement” with hackers after a mass data breach, allowing Australian schools to restore access to the platform....
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