ShinyHunters, a prolific financially motivated threat group, has confirmed unauthorized access to Instructure’s Canvas LMS environment and reportedly maintains that access as of publication, making this an active, uncontained compromise affecting approximately 8,800 educational institutions globally. Hundreds of millions of student, faculty, and staff records are at risk, including names, email addresses, and institutional identifiers across K-12 and higher education. Organizations relying on Canvas face immediate operational disruption, significant regulatory exposure under student data protection laws, and heightened risk of downstream fraud, phishing campaigns, and reputational damage.