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Canvas is back online after what the vendor reports to be a Ransomware attack against their company. We are closely monitoring updates from Instructure (Canvas).
As always, but especially at this time, remain on the alert for phishing attempts. Illinois State will communicate through official channels any further notifications. You should not respond to or click on links from any other source (i.e. in this case a direct message from Canvas, other vendor, or social media) or share passwords or any other sensitive information.
Instructors and students should log into their courses, confirm recently submitted assignments appear as expected, back up materials (including Gradebooks), and submit grades as soon as able. The university Canvas Outage page will be updated with any further guidance.
Start Time - Thursday, May 7, 3:41 PM
End Time - Thursday, May 7, 10:17 PM
Posted May 08, 2026 - 09:32 CDT
Monitoring
The vendor has restored service, and Canvas is available. Administrators will continue to work with the vendor to monitor and ensure the system remains stable.
Posted May 07, 2026 - 22:52 CDT
Update
The vendor has confirmed that this is a nationwide outage affecting many universities. An estimated time to resolution is not known at this time.
Posted May 07, 2026 - 17:20 CDT
Identified
Users may receive a message that Canvas is undergoing scheduled maintenance and may be unable to log in. The impact appears to be on the vendor's side, and administrators are working with them to resolve the issue.