Instructure's Canvas platform was breached by the hacking group ShinyHunters, affecting thousands of schools and exposing at least 275 million user records — disrupting student access to coursework during final exam season. The company posted a security incident update page but used a 'noindex' meta tag to prevent it from appearing in search results, limiting public discoverability. Whittaker's observation about the noindex tag highlights a potential transparency issue — whether accidental or intentional, hiding the incident page from search engines reduces visibility when schools and affected users are actively seeking official guidance.