Days after a 19-year-old hacker exposed the alleged vulnerabilities in the CBSE's on-screen marking portal, the education board has stated it is 'closely monitoring the situation' with a team of cybersecurity experts.
The Central Board of Secondary Education has deployed a team of cybersecurity professionals from the government and Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to fortify the portal.
The identified vulnerabilities have been contained, and other exploitable weaknesses are being ruled out.
A 19-year-old Nisarga Adhikary claimed he was able to hack the OSM portal and identified serious lapses in the online portal.
He stated that the 'master password' for the portal was readily accessible in the website's JavaScript bundle, which allowed him to bypass all security protocols.
Following CBSE's statement, Adhikary posted a reaction stating that the education board had admitted to the flaws in the system.
He stated that his 'work was done,' ever since the board stated that it would be looking into the lapses in the system.
