University of Wisconsin students were locked out of Canvas in the middle of finals week after a cybersecurity breach hit the platform nationwide.Canvas is a widely used app that allows students and teachers to access courses, su bmit assignments, and view grades. UW-Milwaukee student Clare Daily said she was on Canvas studying for her chemistry exam when access suddenly disappeared."All of a sudden it just wasn't loading. And then so I reloaded the page, and I got the little note from the hackers," Daily said. Daily took a picture of the pop-up, which claimed a group called "ShinyHunters" breached the system and threatened to leak information. Students were later met with an error message blocking access to study materials. The timing added stress ahead of exams."I'm very nervous. I do not do great in this class, and just not having those materials did not help. I hope I did well," Daily said.Other UW-Milwaukee students also lost access. Charles Rouhoff said the outage came at a difficult time.Watch: UW students locked out of Canvas after nationwide cybersecurity breach Colleges impacted by learning software breach"It was definitely a little stressful, because it was like, I got some stuff to do tomorrow night and tonight," Rouhoff said.Fellow student Finley Kunz said the breach raised broader concerns."I think it just raises a concern for, like, cybersecurity in general, because if they can hack Canvas and affect everybody, what else can they hack?" Kunz said. The Universities of Wisconsin said its teams are working to address the issue. In a statement, spokesperson Mark Pitsch said:"The original breach, first reported May 1, affects the cloud-based system operated by Instructure, and affects all Universities of Wisconsin campuses," Pitsch said.On May 6, Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said data taken in a Canvas breach included names, email addresses, and messages between professors and students. The company said there's no evidence to indicate that passwords, birth dates, government information, or financial information were taken.UW-Madison students, who are also unable to log on to Canvas, received a message from the university warning them not to click links or reset passwords through the platform.Daily said students received emails from the university about the issue, but still have no timeline for when access will be restored."I just hope that it gets dealt with soon, because a lot of us just want to be done, and especially since, like, graduation is going to be next week for UWM too," Daily said.Its about time to watch on your time. Stream local news and weather 24/7 by searching for TMJ4 on your device.Available for download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and more.Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip ...read more read less