{
  "id": 2095900,
  "title": "More than 153,000 students, staff affected in Canvas data breach: privacy watchdog",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/more-than-153-000-students-staff-affected-in-canvas-data-breach-2095900",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T07:35:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3364668/more-153000-students-staff-affected-canvas-data-breach-privacy-watchdog"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "More than 153,000 students and staff from four tertiary institutions in Hong Kong have been affected by a data breach on the online learning management platform Canvas, an investigation by the city’s privacy watchdog has found. Nearly four months after the data breach was discovered, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) said on Thursday that the incident stemmed from…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "More than 153,000 students, staff affected in Canvas data breach: privacy watchdog",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/more-than-153-000-students-staff-affected-in-canvas-data-breach",
        "published": "2026-08-20T07:35:55.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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