CBSE Re-evaluation Portal Hit by Malicious Payment Attack

Overview

• A reported malicious breach of the portal’s payment system let about 50 students gain unauthorised access and caused payable amounts to swing from Re 1 to roughly Rs 67,000-68,000 when the re-evaluation site went live.
• CBSE announced a revised Class 12 post-result schedule on May 29 and said the portal will reopen for verification and re-evaluation applications on June 1 to ensure a stable process.
• Officials migrated the system to Amazon Web Services and added four public sector banks — State Bank of India, Canara Bank, Indian Bank and Bank of Maharashtra — as alternative payment gateways to reduce reliance on the HDFC link implicated in the glitch.
• IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and the Digital Infrastructure Corporation of India are conducting code and payment-integration examinations while the Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has accepted responsibility and vowed action if irregularities are confirmed.
• The disruption delays a sensitive step for Class 12 students whose admissions depend on timely results; investigators and forensic checks could lead to changes in payment controls, accountability steps and closer oversight of future post-result operations.