{
  "id": "2026-05-07-santiago-canyon-college-canvas-security-activity",
  "slug": "santiago-canyon-college-canvas-security-activity-2026-05-07",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Santiago Canyon College",
    "shortName": "SCC",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "SCC ITS Alert / @SantiagoCanyon",
    "enrollment": 15000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-05-07",
    "type": "cybersecurity",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "ongoing",
    "headline": "Canvas sign-in is stopped during security activity",
    "headlinePublic": "Canvas sign-in is stopped during security activity",
    "summary": "@SantiagoCanyon said Canvas was unavailable because of security activity and told people not to log in, then said the next morning that access should stay limited until risks were cleared.",
    "outcome": "The next morning, colleges were still advised to limit access."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-05-07T14:15:24-07:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Canvas is currently unavailable due to ongoing security activity. Please do not attempt to log in to Canvas at this time.\nIf you logged in after 12 p.m. today, please reset your password: http://rsccd.edu/password\nITS Help Desk: (714) 564-HELP (4357).",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/SantiagoCanyon/status/2052497552029970586",
      "sourceDescription": "@SantiagoCanyon, Canvas unavailable for security activity",
      "characterCount": 251,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads matched sha256 7f675c9603a20d88fb3ce4be6dfdf7e241e44f23c8c3efc69e1d0803a278d39a.",
        "No SPN save this batch. Snapshot not requested while other reads were in flight."
      ]
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-05-08T09:56:14-07:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Canvas services may appear to be back online, but the CA Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and CCC Security Center continue to advise colleges to limit access until risks are cleared.\nUpdates:\nhttps://rsccd.edu/Departments/Information-Technology-Services/Pages/canvas-updates.aspx",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/SantiagoCanyon/status/2052794719084986750",
      "sourceDescription": "@SantiagoCanyon, Canvas access still limited",
      "characterCount": 285,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads matched sha256 7a94c658c0dd56561bca1cb2c978d8541e0e0d74e0c7665d68719f81a6552a89.",
        "No SPN save this batch. Snapshot not requested while other reads were in flight."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": "Both posts are from @SantiagoCanyon. The first is the afternoon of May 7 and the second is the morning of May 8, local time.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "People were told not to log in and to reset a password if they had logged in after noon.",
    "The next-morning post said access should stay limited until risks were cleared."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Canvas unavailable for security activity",
      "url": "https://x.com/SantiagoCanyon/status/2052497552029970586",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "No SPN save this batch. Snapshot not requested while other reads were in flight. Two reads sha256 7f675c9603a20d88fb3ce4be6dfdf7e241e44f23c8c3efc69e1d0803a278d39a."
    },
    {
      "title": "Canvas access still limited",
      "url": "https://x.com/SantiagoCanyon/status/2052794719084986750",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "No SPN save this batch. Snapshot not requested while other reads were in flight. Two reads sha256 7a94c658c0dd56561bca1cb2c978d8541e0e0d74e0c7665d68719f81a6552a89."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "community-college",
    "california",
    "scc",
    "security",
    "2026"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-05",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}