An FIR was registered by Delhi Police on Friday, June 5, following a complaint by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) regarding a series of coordinated cyberattacks that targeted its post-result services portal.
The Board lodged the complaint with the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) Unit of Delhi Police and flagged multiple attempts to disrupt its Post-Result Services Portal, IANS report. The case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act.
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The platform is used by students across the country for verification and re-evaluation applications.
Meanwhile, authorities have stated that there was no breach or compromise of CBSE’s data or systems.
“As the portal caters to lakhs of students across the country for availing post-result services, any disruption to its functioning has the potential to adversely impact a large number of stakeholders, cause significant public inconvenience, and affect public order and create dissatisfaction amongst students against the Board,” CBSE said in a statement.
Notably, the portal was launched on June 2 to facilitate services like verification and re-evaluation of answer scripts for candidates who had appeared in the Class 12 Board Examination.
The Board stated that it was subjected to repeated and coordinated cyber attacks over the past three days. “The attacks involved large volumes of malicious traffic originating from multiple IP addresses within and outside the country,” it added.
As per reports, the CBSE formally approached the police on Thursday after it detected repeated and coordinated attempts to interfere with the portal’s operations.
“The apparent objective of the attackers appeared to destabilise the platform, deny access to legitimate users, and attempt unauthorized extraction of information by the elements inimical to national interest. In view of the nature, scale, and coordinated character of these attacks, CBSE has approached the IFSO Unit for a detailed investigation and appropriate legal action against those responsible. It is emphasised that despite these malicious attempts, CBSE’s systems and databases remain secure and uncompromised. No data breach or unauthorised access has been detected,” CBSE stated.