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At a Thursday press conference, Mayor Brett Smiley, alongside city and school leaders, announced ahistheir plan for returning the Providence Public School District to local control. Since 2019, the district has been under state control.

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Mayor Smiley announces plan to return Providence Schools to local control

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By Kenna Lee | May 8

Renovations will be completed with input from faculty in the School of Engineering and the Departments of Physics, Applied Mathematics and Mathematics.

The ransom note, set as white text against a black screen in a red box, reads: "SHINYHUNTERS
rooting your systems since '19 ;)
ShinyHunters has breached Instructure (again).
Instead of contacting us to resolve it they ignored us and did some "security patches".
WARNING
If any of the schools in the affected list are interested in preventing the release of their data, please consult with a cyber advisory firm and contact us privately at TOX to negotiate a settlement. You have till the end of the day by 12 May 2026 before everything is leaked.
Instructure still has until EOD 12 May 2026 to contact us," along with instructions to download affected schools lists and go to their website.

Max Robinson

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By Max Robinson | May 7

The ransom note appeared on the Brown Canvas website Thursday afternoon, making course pages inaccessible.

Image of a laptop displaying the ransom note.

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By Max Robinson | May 7

At 4:41 p.m, Instructure wrote that they “are currently investigating this issue” on their status website.

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