CBSE Portal Cyber Attacks Investigated

The India — Central Board of Secondary Education>>> (CBSE) reported a series of coordinated cyber attacks on its Post-Result Services Portal, launched on June 2 to facilitate services like verification and re-evaluation for Class 12 students. The attacks, involving large volumes of malicious traffic from various IP addresses, aimed to destabilize the platform and extract unauthorized information. Despite these attempts, India — Central Board of Secondary Education>>> stated that its systems and databases remained secure, with no data breach detected, attributing this to 24x7 monitoring and support from cybersecurity teams including Indian Institutes of Technology Kanpur, Indian Institutes of Technology Madras, India — Digital India Corporation>>>, India — Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre>>>, and Nigeria — Nigerian Computer Emergency Response Team>>>. The India — Central Board of Secondary Education>>> lodged a formal complaint with the Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations Unit of the India — Delhi Police>>>, which registered an FIR under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and initiated an investigation. This incident follows recent allegations of mismanagement within India — Central Board of Secondary Education>>> regarding its On-Screen Marking evaluation process, leading to the transfer of its chairman Rahul Singh>>> and secretary Himanshu Gupta>>>.