Canvas, the tool many universities use for students to complete and submit assignments, was down at colleges and universities across Mississippi and throughout the United States on Thursday following a cyber attack for which a criminal group is claiming credit and demanding a ransom.

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A view of the Mississippi State University campus in Starkville, Miss., on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

As final exams began Thursday at Mississippi State University, The Reflector reported that students began receiving a message from a hacker group called ShinyHunters, claiming they had infiltrated university data on their Canvas pages.

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