Cyberattack hits Canvas, impacting universities nationwide

Krdo · May 07, 2026 · 1062 words · By Abby Smith

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What to know about Cyberattack hits Canvas, impacting universities nationwide

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What happened

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Why it matters

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Follow-up questions

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 50 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “_dcid Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites... 400 days”

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Claim 2: “LSID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — LSID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months
https://krdo.com/video/weather-video/2026/05/03/tracking-nic…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — LSID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months
https://krdo.com/news/2026/05/04/csfd-responds-to-grass-fire…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — LSID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months
https://krdo.com/weather/local-forecast/2026/05/04/tracking-…

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Claim 3: “FCCDCF Cookie for Google Funding Choices API which allows for functionality specific to consent gathering for things like GDPR consent and CCPA opt-out. 13 months”

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Claim 4: “DSID Identifies signed-in users on non-Google sites to respect ad personalization settings 2 weeks”

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Claim 5: “GCLB This cookie is used in context with load balancing... Session”

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Claim 6: “g_enabled_idps Used for Google Single Sign On 1 year”

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The claim is supported by 'Krdo', but the Wikipedia entry provided is about Google Earth and does not mention the 'g_enabled_idps' cookie.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Search (also known simply as Google or google.com) is a search engine operated by Google. It allows users to search or ask for information by entering keywords or phrases on a website page or …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. It was announced in May 2015 and spun off from Google+, the company's former social network. Google Photos shares the 15 gigab…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Photos

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Earth is a web and computer program created by Google that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite image…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth

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Claim 7: “django_language Cookie necessary for the use of the options and services of the website. 3 month”

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Claim 8: “_Secure-ENID Remembers user preferences like language, search results per page, and SafeSearch settings 13 months”

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Claim 9: “COMPASS This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 2 days”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — COMPASS This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 2 days
https://krdo.com/news/2026/05/04/the-school-buzz-colorado-sp…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — COMPASS This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 2 days
https://krdo.com/video/weather-video/2026/05/03/tracking-nic…

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Claim 10: “gcl Helps advertisers determine user actions on their site after clicking an ad 90 days”

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Claim 11: “FCNEC Cookie for Google Funding Choices API which allows for functionality specific to consent gathering for things like GDPR consent and CCPA opt-out. 13 months”

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Claim 12: “OTZ Aggregate analysis of website visitors 17 days”

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Claim 13: “__Host-3PLSID Used to sign in with Google account. 1 year”

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The claim is supported by 'Krdo', but the Wikipedia entry provided is about Google+ and does not mention the '__Host-3PLSID' cookie.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google+ (sometimes written as Google Plus, stylized as G+ or g+) was a social network owned and operated by Google until it ceased operations in 2019. The network was launched on June 28, 2011, in an …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google+

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Play, also known as the Google Play Store or Play Store, and formerly known as the Android Market, is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google. It serves as the official …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Play

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Claim 14: “SEARCH_SAMESITE SameSite prevents the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests... session”

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Claim 15: “SMSV Used to sign in with Google account. session”

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Claim 16: “ACCOUNT_CHOOSER Used to sign in with Google account. session”

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Claim 17: “SOCS Stores a user's state regarding their cookies choices 13 months”

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Claim 18: “__Secure-OSID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months”

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All provided evidence comes from a single source ('Krdo').

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cross reference SUPPORTS — __Secure-OSID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months
https://krdo.com/weather/local-forecast/2026/05/04/tracking-…

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Claim 19: “AdID Show Google ads on non-Google sites and personalize ads based on user settings 2 weeks”

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Claim 20: “OSID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months”

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All provided evidence comes from a single source ('Krdo').

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cross reference SUPPORTS — OSID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months
https://krdo.com/weather/local-forecast/2026/05/04/tracking-…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — OSID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months
https://krdo.com/news/2026/05/04/the-school-buzz-colorado-sp…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — OSID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months
https://krdo.com/video/weather-video/2026/05/03/tracking-nic…

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Claim 21: “_gcl_au Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. 3 months”

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Claim 22: “DV This cookies is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 1 year”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — DV This cookies is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 1 year
https://krdo.com/news/2026/05/04/the-school-buzz-colorado-sp…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — DV This cookies is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 1 year
https://krdo.com/weather/local-forecast/2026/05/04/tracking-…

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Claim 23: “G_AUTHUSER_H Google Authentication session”

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The claim is supported by 'Krdo', but the Wikipedia entry provided is about Google+ and does not mention the 'G_AUTHUSER_H' cookie.

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Claim 24: “receive-cookie-deprecation This cookie ensures browers in an experiment group of the Chrome-facilitated testing period include the Sec-Cookie-Deprecation request header... 180 days”

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Claim 25: “SID Download certain Google Tools and save certain preferences... Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search. 2 years”

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Claim 26: “LSOLH This cookie is for authentication with your Google account 1 year”

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Claim 27: “SAPISID Download certain Google Tools and save certain preferences... Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search. 2 years”

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Claim 28: “UULE sends precise location information from your browser to Googles servers so that Google can show you results that are relevant to your location... 6 hours”

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The claim is supported by 'Krdo', but the Wikipedia entry provided is about Google+ and does not mention the 'UULE' cookie.

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Claim 29: “AID Download certain Google Tools and save certain preferences... Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search. 1 year”

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Claim 30: “SSID Download certain Google Tools and save certain preferences... Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search. 2 years”

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Claim 31: “NID This cookies is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 1 year”

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Claim 32: “CONSENT Google cookie consent tracker 20 years”

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Claim 33: “SNID This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 6 months”

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Claim 34: “HSID Download certain Google Tools and save certain preferences... Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search. 2 years”

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Claim 35: “_Secure-YEC Used to detect spam, fraud, and abuse to protect advertisers and YouTube creators 13 months”

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Claim 36: “1P_JAR These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. They register anonymous statistical data... 1 month”

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Claim 37: “__Host-GAPS Used to sign in with Google account. 1 year”

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Claim 38: “cookies_accepted This functionality cookie is simply to verify that you have allowed us to set cookies on your machine 1 year”

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Claim 39: “gac Measure user activity and ad campaign performance for advertisers 90 days”

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Claim 40: “FPGCLDC Used to help advertisers determine how many times users who click on their ads end up taking an action on their site 90 days”

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Claim 41: “SIDCC Download certain Google Tools and save certain preferences... Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search. 2 years”

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Claim 42: “_gcl_dc Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. 3 months”

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Claim 43: “A Google uses this cookies to make advertising more engaging to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers 17 days”

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Claim 44: “Secure-YEC Serve a similar purpose for YouTube, including detecting and resolving problems 13 months”

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Claim 45: “__Host-1PLSID Used to sign in with Google account. 1 year”

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Claim 46: “CGIC Improves search results delivery by autocompleting queries based on user input 6 months”

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Claim 47: “TAID This cookie is used to link your activity across devices if you've previously signed in to your Google Account on another device... 14 days”

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The claim is supported by 'Krdo', but the Wikipedia entry provided is a general description of Google LLC and does not mention the 'TAID' cookie.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google LLC ( , GOO-gəl) is an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was launched in 2008 for Microsoft Windows and was built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. Vers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

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Claim 48: “GN_PREF This cookie is used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates and Google ad personalisation 1 year”

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Claim 49: “APISID Download certain Google Tools and save certain preferences... Adjusts the ads that appear in Google Search. 2 years”

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Claim 50: “__Secure-ENID Used by Google to prevent fraudulent login attempts. This also contains a Google user ID which can be used for statistics and marketing purposes following a successful login 11 Months”

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