INDIANAPOLIS — Several Indiana schools were impacted Thursday by a breach of the nation's most widely used classroom software. Instructure, the company that runs the Canvas learning management system used by more than 7,000 universities, K-12 districts and education ministries worldwide, disclosed the breach to affected institutions this week. The company confirmed names, email addresses, student ID numbers and private messages between users had been accessed before the breach was contained. Students at Indiana University and Ivy Tech Community College told 13News the schools were impacted by the breach. Ivy Tech sent a message letting students and staff know it "was not a breach of Ivy Tech's internal systems or networks," but that the school was affected. Instructure stated that the affected data might have included full names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages, but that there is no evidence passwords, dates of birth, government identifiers or financial information were exposed. IU administrators advised students and faculty to avoid logging into Canvas with their university credentials out of an abundance of caution. MSD Washington Township, which also uses the Canvas platform in its schools, said the district's technology department is monitoring updates from Instructure, in an attempt to learn more about the potential impact on the district. A spokesperson for Purdue University shared the following statement with 13News Thursday evening. "After an initial assessment, the nationwide Canvas cyberattack appears to have minimal impact on Purdue University and Purdue Global, as Canvas is not our main learning management system. We are still working on a review to ensure we properly identify any potential points of exposure." The criminal extortion group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the attack, alleging it had stolen more than 3.65 terabytes of data, including around 275 million records tied to students, teachers and staff, and shared a