https://left4more.com/tags/cloud-infrastructure/Recent content in Cloud-Infrastructure on Left 4 MoreHugoen-auSat, 09 May 2026 14:03:58 +1000https://left4more.com/posts/when-the-platform-goes-down-the-students-pay/Sat, 09 May 2026 14:03:58 +1000https://left4more.com/posts/when-the-platform-goes-down-the-students-pay/<p>Canvas went dark last week. If you&rsquo;re not in education or don&rsquo;t have a kid at uni, you might have missed it entirely. Canvas is the learning management system that a significant chunk of the world&rsquo;s schools and universities use to run coursework: assignment submissions, grades, direct messages between students and staff. The whole administrative scaffolding of modern education, basically.</p> <p>Hackers got in. Ransom demand. Deadline of May 12. Student data potentially on the line.</p>