This week's big story is a confirmed data breach at Instructure affecting students' private information. As TechCrunch and others report, the hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility. Hacks started Tuesday and continued through the week. The company is reported to be held for ransom by the attackers. Ian Linkletter comments, "Instructure has been bragging about their data hoard to investors for years, and now it's been stolen." In all, "the hackers claimed to have stolen data from almost 9,000 schools around the world, with the stolen files allegedly containing information on 231 million people." Here's more.
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