Edlink experienced a critical incident on May 7, 2026 affecting Canvas, lasting 21h 21m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- monitoring May 07, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC
Instructure is currently undergoing a data breach (separate from the one earlier this week) and the attackers have gained control of many Canvas instances. Users of these instances will not be able to sign in or access any content. Data syncs (either to or from Instructure) are presumed non-functional at the moment. The situation is developing.
- resolved May 08, 2026, 08:41 PM UTC
Instructure has published a status update indicating that they do not believe any data was compromised in the most recent attack. We have published a longer statement on the topic (including our plans) here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/re-instructure-security-incident-dakota-gordon-8nyqc/