Update on Canvas security incident at TCC
Information for our students, faculty, staff, and community about a security incident involving the Canvas learning management system.
About
We are sharing an update on a security incident involving Canvas, the third-party learning management system used at TCC and at colleges across the country.
What happened
On May 5, 2026, Instructure — the company that operates Canvas — notified TCC that an unauthorized third party obtained data associated with our Canvas environment. This incident was not specifically directed at TCC and impacted thousands of educational institutions across the country.
Instructure serves many institutions, and this appears to be a vendor-driven incident affecting multiple education customers. Instructure has stated that the broader incident affected many institutions in the United States.
Potential impact to TCC
Based on the information Instructure has provided to us so far, the data involved may include personal information; however, Instructure has not yet provided the exact data elements or affected user count for our college.
Instructure has stated publicly that, across the broader incident, names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and user-to-user Canvas messages were potentially involved. We will continue to share information as we receive it.
What was reportedly not involved
Instructure has stated broadly that there is no indication that passwords, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, or financial account information were involved. If Instructure’s findings change, we will update affected community members.
What we are doing
TCC is working with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) to press Instructure for additional information about what was specifically involved at our college. We will provide further updates on this page as additional confirmed information becomes available.
As always, members of our community are encouraged to be alert to phishing attempts or unexpected messages requesting personal information.
Current Status of Canvas
In the afternoon of May 7, 2026, Canvas was unavailable due to a global outage. This outage impacted all educational institutions running Canvas LMS. Canvas operations were restored the evening of May 7th.
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