{"id":16708,"date":"2023-08-31T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T20:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/?page_id=16708"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:04:44","slug":"3rd-party-db-notifs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/3rd-party-db-notifs\/","title":{"rendered":"Third-Party Data Breach Notifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Third-Party Data Breach Notifications<\/h3>\n<hr role=\"separator\" class=\"hr--transparent hr--transparent-30px not-in-view\">\n<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<p>On <b>May 1st, 2026<\/b>, a third-party software provider, <b>Instructure,<\/b>\u00a0announced a cybersecurity incident related to their <b>Canvas<\/b> learning management software, potentially affecting thousands of organizations worldwide.\u00a0 This software is widely used within Higher Education, including here at Northern Arizona University (NAU), to support online learning. More details of this incident can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/status.instructure.com\/incidents\/9wm4knj2r64z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instructure&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr role=\"separator\" class=\"hr--transparent hr--transparent-15px not-in-view\">\n<p>NAU will continue to monitor this situation and update this webpage as new information becomes available. We anticipate that Instructure will contact impacted individuals directly with additional details where required by law.<\/p>\n<hr role=\"separator\" class=\"hr--transparent hr--transparent-30px not-in-view\">\n<h5>Steps to safeguard your privacy<\/h5>\n<hr role=\"separator\" class=\"hr--transparent hr--transparent-15px not-in-view\">\n<ul>\n<li>Always\u00a0enable two-factor authentication\u00a0for any online service. This has proven to hinder bad actors who are trying to access your data.<\/li>\n<li>Use\u00a0strong password practices, and leverage a password manager when possible.<\/li>\n<li>Be vigilant for phishing and other scams. NAU will never send emails asking for your password or login information. Beware of emails that ask for your personal, login, or financial information. Send any suspicious emails to <a href=\"mailto:phishing@nau.edu\">phishing@nau.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you believe you are the victim of\u00a0identity theft, file a local police report and notify the Federal Trade Commission at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.identitytheft.gov\">www.identitytheft.gov<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For specific questions or concerns, please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:DataSecurity@nau.edu\">DataSecurity@nau.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third-Party Data Breach Notifications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":16710,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16708","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/608"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16708"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23313,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16708\/revisions\/23313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}