CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has postponed all final exams and assignments through Sunday amid an ongoing cybersecurity threat involving Canvas. 

The university is one of over 8,000 institutions impacted by the threat. 

According to U of I Technology Services, a security incident happened at Instructure, Canvas's vendor, on Friday. 

Among the information involved were user data, including names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages. 

Students are having issues accessing their coursework as well, and the University said course materials will be unavailable until Canvas's parent company can solve the problem. 

Additional information on the security incident is online. 

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