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Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack

The cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Instructure again, defacing the login pages of several Instructure customer schools with an extortion message.

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May 7, 2026 at 20:59 TechCrunch

Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack

The cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Instructure again, defacing the login pages of several Instructure customer scho...

May 7, 2026 at 18:28 TechCrunch

Hackers hack victims hacked by other hackers

An unknown group of hackers is breaking into systems previously breached by the cybercrime group TeamPCP. Once inside, the hackers immedi...

May 5, 2026 at 14:31 TechCrunch

Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure

The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students' private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data s...

May 4, 2026 at 18:02 TechCrunch

Hackers are mass-exploiting the cPanel bug to gain control of thousands of websites

Days after the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in popular web hosting software cPanel and WHM, hackers are now targeting and hacki...

Apr 30, 2026 at 19:36 TechCrunch

Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites

Web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing the bug for months.

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North Korean hackers blamed for $290M crypto theft

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OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API

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Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37%

The company made a series of other announcements during earnings, including a new commercial contract, a pilot program in Canada, and a collaboratio

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TechCrunch May 7, 2026 at 21:02 Startups
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Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm

AI startup Pit is led by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading the startup’s $16 million seed round.

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