IIT Roorkee JEE Advanced 2026 Data Breach Exposes Student Records
IIT Roorkee experienced a data breach that exposed 1.79 lakh student records for JEE Advanced 2026. A 16-year-old student flagged the data issues on the results site, prompting the institution to take corrective action.
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After CBSE & NTA, IIT Roorkee faces JEE Advanced 2026 data exposure claim
A cybersecurity disclosure has placed infrastructure linked to JEE Advanced 2026 under scrutiny after researcher Rylen Anil alleged that a cloud storage configuration exposed thousands of candidate-related records and admit-card PDFs. IIT Roorkee, the organising institute, acknowledged the configuration issue and said corrective action was being taken. The development comes amid recent cybersecurity concerns involving CBSE's On-Screen Marking system and NTA's re-examination portal, highlighti...
By SANJAY SHARMA
Read full article →16-year-old flags data issues on JEE Advanced results site; IIT Roorkee says ‘thank you’, takes corrective action
Rylen Anil (@DarthKermy72747) claimed that the JEE Advanced 2026 candidate result infrastructure had a public cloud storage misconfiguration.
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