UNR President Brian Sandoval is warning the university community about a cybersecurity incident involving the company associated with Canvas.
Sandoval says the company, named Instructure informed the Nevada System of Higher Education about the data breach but stresses “it is not yet confirmed whether data from the University of Nevada was affected.”
He says a forensic investigation is ongoing but warns that possible compromised data may include names, email addresses, student ID numbers and private Canvas messages. “Instructure reports no evidence that passwords, dates of birth, government identifiers, or financial information were compromised, and states the incident has been contained.”
While the investigation continues, Sandoval urges the university community to be alert for unwanted emails or messages purportedly from Canvas.
