Canvas (Instructure) LMS Down in Ongoing Ransomware Attack

Re:Canvas (Instructure) LMS Down in Ongoing Ransomware Attack by christina97 on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:21AM (#48063667)

While I’m sympathetic to this argument (it would be great if the internet were a safe place), in practice this thinking leads to governments trying to impose legislation that hurts legitimate uses but does little to protect from the long tail of harm. There’s little that can be done about North Korean state sanctioned cybercrime without a great firewall.

If the perpetrators of this hack were caught and in a developed country, they would certainly be prosecuted for their crimes and not get off light (especially if any data is actually leaked).

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Re:Canvas (Instructure) LMS Down in Ongoing Ransomware Attack by jameshart on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:32AM (#48063810)

I think states should be able to do better than a ‘great firewall’ to defend their domestic net infrastructure from malicious foreign actors.

But I do think it should be much more states’ responsibility to make their domestic network safe for citizens and businesses and institutions to operate.

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