Overview
- CBSE said on Sunday that vulnerabilities flagged in the OnMark on‑screen marking portal had been identified and contained, and it has deployed cybersecurity experts from government agencies and the Indian Institutes of Technology to secure the system.
- Independent researchers and an ethical hacker published specific technical claims, including that an AWS storage location was misconfigured and that portal code flaws could let attackers enumerate files or take over examiner accounts.
- Separately, CBSE’s internal checks found large evaluation errors during the first nationwide digital rollout, reporting about 5,000 blurred scans and at least 23 cases of mismatched answer sheets that required rescans and manual verification.
- Student researchers and opposition leaders say tender changes lowered scanner and security requirements, leading to allegations that the vendor Coempt Edu Teck used poor scanning methods such as phone photography; CBSE is reported to be weighing financial penalties against the provider.
- The controversy has prompted political calls for independent review, submissions to the NHRC, and operational work to protect students’ results and admissions while formal investigations and remedial steps continue.