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A nationwide security breach<\/a> was reported May 1 at Instructure, which provides the cloud-based Canvas learning management system at UWM and other Universities of Wisconsin (UWs) campuses.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructure reports that the breach has been contained, and the company is still investigating the extent of the incident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UWs are working to learn more about any impacts on campuses. Read the message from UWs<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What UWM is doing <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UWM\u2019s\u00a0information\u00a0security team, along with UWs, will continue to actively\u00a0monitor\u00a0the situation.\u00a0UWM\u00a0does\u00a0not\u00a0collect dates of birth, government\u00a0identifiers\u00a0or financial information in\u00a0Canvas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This breach will not affect final exams or course grades. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A nationwide security breach was reported May 1 at Instructure, which provides the cloud-based Canvas learning management system at UWM and other Universities of Wisconsin (UWs) campuses.   Instructure reports that the breach has been contained, and the company is still investigating the extent of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13719,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTechnology Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/uwm-monitoring-nationwide-canvas-security-breach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UWM monitoring nationwide Canvas security breach\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A nationwide security breach was reported May 1 at Instructure, which provides the cloud-based Canvas learning management system at UWM and other Universities of Wisconsin (UWs) campuses.   Instructure reports that the breach has been contained, and the company is still investigating the extent of …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/uwm-monitoring-nationwide-canvas-security-breach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Technology Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-05T21:46:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-07T20:16:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amanda R Brickner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UWM_IT\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UWM_IT\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amanda R Brickner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/information-technology\\\/uwm-monitoring-nationwide-canvas-security-breach\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/information-technology\\\/uwm-monitoring-nationwide-canvas-security-breach\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amanda R Brickner\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/information-technology\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9b3157bbbbefcf45625810581c9a4bcb\"},\"headline\":\"UWM monitoring nationwide Canvas security breach\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-05T21:46:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-07T20:16:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/information-technology\\\/uwm-monitoring-nationwide-canvas-security-breach\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":132,\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/information-technology\\\/uwm-monitoring-nationwide-canvas-security-breach\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/information-technology\\\/uwm-monitoring-nationwide-canvas-security-breach\\\/\",\"name\":\"UWM monitoring nationwide Canvas security breach\u00a0 - 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