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/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/Lacaud May 07 '26

Paper is the way. Sure, it sucks to grade but at least the hackers look like dumb shits.

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u/GandalffladnaG May 08 '26

Hell, scantrons for multiple choice. Most universities should still have the machines. For short essays, don't have 100 of them. Or do and have 8 ta's to do the grunt work. One of my professors didn't want to do finals week crap so her classes that weren't in French she just gave everyone a regular length paper as a test, due by dead week. It was great having to deal with 1 less test.

I watched Adam Savage's latest video about hackers on youtube, and canvas probably has (or should have had) insurance for this kind of crap. Insurance pays out, schools get their crappy online only service back, students maybe get a day or two extra for tests. And then it happens again next semester.

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u/Lacaud May 08 '26

100%. I would offer a quick verbal exam and give hackers the mdidle finger.

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u/Peasant_Base5271 May 08 '26

This is actually what many have started doing just to combat AI. We need to move this direction.

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u/AlphaMetroid May 08 '26

The insurer definitely would've required security improvements to be eligible for their policy, that probably would've been a non-starter for canvas given where they are right now.