Who Is ShinyHunters? Hacker Group Claiming Canvas, Vimeo, Pornhub Attacks

The hacking group ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack targeting Canvas, disrupting access for schools and universities across the United States. Canvas, a cloud-based learning platform widely used by schools and universities, serves more than 30 million active users worldwide and is used by over 8,000 institutions, according to parent company Instructure’s website. Its sudden outage this week left thousands unable to study, submit work or contact instructors, at a time when students are typically studying for or taking their final exams. The incident is the latest high-profile breach linked to the hacking group, which has recently been tied to attacks involving Pornhub and Vimeo as part of its broader “pay or leak” campaign targeting major online platforms and their users. Newsweek has contacted Instructure for comment via email. Who Is ShinyHunters? ShinyHunters is a financially motivated hacking and extortion group that emerged between 2019 and 2020 and became known for breaching major companies, stealing customer data, and demanding ransom payments to prevent leaks. The group is linked to large-scale data theft campaigns targeting cloud services, SaaS (Software as a Service) platforms, customer databases and corporate login systems. They have a long list of victims, having been linked with attacks
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