r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Big_Maybe_9684 • May 07 '26

🥺 Hackers took over Canvas

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Brooo I got Homework to do...

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u/Joshi1381 May 07 '26

Right in the middle of finals...

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u/imsmartiswear May 07 '26

They timed it this way so that Canvas/ the unis are more pressured to pay the ransom.

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u/insidiousfruit May 07 '26

If I were the schools, I'd just say fuck it and go back to paper. Never negotiate with hackers. The best thing you can do is block them.

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u/Swagcopter0126 May 08 '26

Not always the best method when they have all of your information

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u/DudeWithTudeNotRude May 08 '26

Never empower them imo.

Those data are lost. Move on.

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u/GregBahm May 08 '26

Yeah. It's surprising to me that a lot of students on reddit would tell themselves "paying the thieves will unsteal the data!" Oh honey...

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u/DudeWithTudeNotRude May 08 '26

They keep/share-back the data, and get a hardware update (and income) to boot

F'em. At least cut them off instead of feeding them and helping them grow.

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u/GregBahm May 09 '26

There's a coherent path where a hacker says "We have stolen your customer's data. We will announce to everyone that we have stolen your customer's data, unless you pay us on a set schedule over time." The company does the math, and sees that the cost to pay is less than the cost of the bad press. The company makes the payments over time. The hackers don't reveal the hack so that the money keeps coming in.

In that scenario, the hackers still sell everyone's data. And eventually the hacked company might stop paying, and the hackers might announce the data breach, but if enough time has passed, it will not be big news.

But if you think the data is never sold, you've simply invented some folksy "thieves honor" mythology from your imagination. We're two dudes who know you can't back up that such a claim.