NUS, SIM among top Singapore institutions named in global data breach list
Source: The Star
Published on: 2026-05-08 15:05
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A number of local institutions, including the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), have been named in a list of organisations allegedly hit by a global data breach seen online on May 8. The Singapore College of Insurance, the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), NTUC LearningHub, The Learning Lab, KLC International Institute and The Learning Space SG were also listed. Thousands of institutions, including Harvard University and Stanford University, were hit by a massive cyberattack on May 7, following an earlier data breach. The attack, which blocked access to the Canvas learning platform, was claimed by ShinyHunters, a well-known cyberextortion group active since at least 2019. In a message allegedly sent by ShinyHunters and seen on forum platform Reddit, the affected institutions are thre...
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