{"id":37488,"date":"2026-05-08T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=37488"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:17:26","slug":"cybersecurity-incident-ends-lake-land-students-can-resume-using-canvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/37488-cybersecurity-incident-ends-lake-land-students-can-resume-using-canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Incident Ends; Lake Land Students Can Resume Using &#8220;Canvas&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canvas is now available and back online. As of early Friday, the parent company, Instructure, reported on its incident site that \u201cCanvas is fully back online and available for use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday, Lake Land College was one of 9,000 colleges impacted by a cybersecurity incident affecting Canvas, a learning management system utilized by colleges and universities across the globe. Lake Land&#8217;s IT Team closely monitored the situation and has been in communication with students, faculty and staff as updates have developed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students can now resume using the Canvas platform. Lake Land will continue to closely monitor the situation and will communicate any additional information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a precaution, students should be alert for suspicious emails and text messages. Should a student receive a message that seems suspicious, they should contact the Lake Land IT Help Desk at 217-234-5261 or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@lakelandcollege.edu\">helpdesk@lakelandcollege.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canvas is now available and back online. 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