A cyberattack forced the Canvas educational platform offline on Thursday, affecting millions of students and teachers at more than 9,000 universities and K-12 schools across the United States during a critical time in the academic calendar.

CBS reports that Canvas, a cloud-based digital classroom platform with more than 30 million active users globally and over 9,000 school customers, experienced a major security breach on Thursday that left students and educators without access to essential classroom materials. The timing proved particularly troublesome as many schools are in the midst of final examinations or preparation periods.

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