UCLA restores access to Bruin Learn 2 days after cyberattack
Students walk on campus. UCLA restored access to Bruin Learn on Saturday evening, two days after a cyberattack took down the learning platform. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
By Alexandra Crosnoe
May 9, 2026 7:00 p.m.
UCLA restored access to Bruin Learn on Saturday evening, two days after a cyberattack took down the learning platform.
ShinyHunters, a criminal extortion group, breached Canvas, which hosts BruinLearn, Thursday afternoon. It threatened in a message posted to the website that it would release universities’ data if Canvas’ parent company, Instructure, did not negotiate a settlement.
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UCLA blocked local access to Bruin Learn – which students use to access their grades and assignments – Thursday as a precaution, said Erin Sanders O’Leary, the vice provost for teaching and learning, and Lucy Avetisyan, the associate vice chancellor and chief information officer, in a campuswide email.
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Instructure has rectified the cybersecurity incident, O’Leary and Avetisyan said in a Sunday email.
“In coordination with the UC Office of the President, we have determined, based on the latest available information, that Instructure’s system is ready for campus use,” they said in the email.
