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Re:Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers by Freak_NL on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @02:01PM (#48111878)
The name ShinyHunters is currently quite well-known due to a number of high-profile hacks (Odido in the Netherlands this year was huge). Their brand has a significant value right now.
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Re:Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers by jasonfarnon on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @07:41PM (#48116017)
How does everyone know its ShinyHunters and not someone pretending? I imagine they have some mechanism to authenticate, I'm curious what it is.
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Re:Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers by HDBaseT on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @07:50PM (#48116084)
Because ShinyHunters published they hacked Canvas on their own website. They also redirected the canvas login pages to a ShinyHunters message, whilst this could be done by another group/person, its unlikely.

You can also validate PGP keys and TOX accounts, etc via their website.

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Re:Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers by jasonfarnon on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @01:26AM (#48118172)
OK, I didn't realize they had a stable website all this time. I guess it's all out there in the open with these groups.
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