Creighton, Nebraska report security incident impacting learning management system
LEADER KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT TEN. A NATIONWIDE CYBER ATTACK TARGETS MILLIONS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS, INCLUDING MANY RIGHT HERE IN NEBRASKA AND RIGHT DURING FINALS WEEK. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M BILL SCHAMMERT, THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA SYSTEM, METRO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CREIGHTON ALL CONFIRM AN OUTAGE OF CANVAS. THE SYSTEM IS USED BY MORE THAN HALF OF ALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH AMERICA. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S BETH CARLSON JOINS US AFTER SPEAKING TO AN EXPERT ABOUT WHAT’S AT RISK. BETH. BILL, AS YOU SAID, IT’S FINALS WEEK FOR MANY STUDENTS. SOME ARE PREPARING FOR EXAMS OR EVEN UPCOMING GRADUATIONS THIS WEEKEND. SO SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NEBRASKA, INCLUDING CREIGHTON’S CAMPUS, SAY THEY ARE ASSESSING NEXT STEPS. WE TALKED TO AN EXPERT ABOUT WHAT’S AT RISK. NEBRASKA UNIVERSITIES ARE AMONG THOUSANDS IMPACTED BY A GLOBAL OUTAGE OF CANVAS, A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. IT’S NOT JUST ISOLATED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, THEY’RE BUSINESSES USING THIS PLATFORM TO FOR THEIR…
