KnightBeat for May 7, 2026: Canvas hacked, SOE’s speaker axed and gas prices jacked
The Canvas Dashboard feature on web services during the Canvas security breach. (Screenshot: Maryam Malihi)
In this episode, the WRSU News Department covered the breaking news of the nationwide security breach involving Instructure’s Canvas LMS and the ShinyHunters criminal hacking and extortion group. The hosts compared the Canvas shutdown to the outage AWS caused to Canvas in October 2025. In other Rutgers news, the show covered the VPVA’s “Take Back the Night” march and the Latinx Pre-Law Society’s spring networking reception featuring NJ Supreme Court Justice Michael Noriega. In the international sphere, the show analyzed the war in Iran and its impact on the U.S. economy, while focusing on gas prices. The hosts also covered the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in Spain. Hosted by Maryam Malihi, Sofia Velez and Chris Coddington.