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International 6
Teen exposes critical vulnerabilities in India's national CBSE exam portal
Indian Exam Board Fixes Cybersecurity Flaws Found by Teen
India Teens Expose CBSE Exam Flaws, Trigger Political Showdown With Modi
How India's CBSE exam scandal set off student outrage against PM Modi
CBSE OSM controversy explained: board admits security gaps after on-screen marking portal hack
IIT Kanpur hires Indian teen who exposed CBSE on-screen marking flaws
The CBSE OSM Disclosure 24
CBSE OSM portal vulnerability claims surface with teen's detailed blog post
CBSE OSM portal had critical vulnerabilities; ethical hacker alerted board months earlier
CBSE faces fresh scrutiny after teen researcher alleges critical flaws in OSM portal
This teen hacked into CBSE's OSM portal while preparing for boards, says it's just a hobby
Government should take cybersecurity more seriously, says ethical hacker on CBSE OSM flaws
How a 19-year-old student hacked CBSE's OSM portal and exposed vulnerabilities
How a 19-year-old student exposed flaws in CBSE's On-Screen Marking portal
Big blunder: how a CBSE student uncovered a security flaw in a national exam portal
Ex-Google engineer calls out CBSE's OSM portal 'absolute embarrassment' after hacker exposes flaws
Password in public? CBSE OSM portal under lens after 19-year-old hacker claims to bypass security
CBSE online marking portal hacked after officials denied security flaws
Education system under threat? Questions raised over CBSE marking system after glitch found
'Weak defences': Class 12 ethical hacker claims it took only a few minutes to hack CBSE OSM system
Teen hacker or whistleblower? Nisarga Adhikary, 19, claims he hacked CBSE marking portal, says 'I warned them'
19-year-old cyber researcher claims he hacked CBSE marking portal, warned board earlier
Was CBSE's OSM portal hacked? What a 19-year-old's claims reveal; board denies breach
Student claims marking portal hack, CBSE denies
CBSE faces scrutiny as teen flags 'gaps' in digital evaluation system
CBSE OSM vulnerability: IIT experts audit the on-screen marking portal
CBSE on-screen marking controversy: hacker's security claims, experts divided
Students raise fresh concerns over CBSE OSM system, claim answer sheet mismatch
Telangana inter-fiasco firm Coempt now linked to the CBSE OSM row
19-year-old researcher claims security flaws in CBSE's marking portal, reports to CERT-In
19-year-old cyber researcher Nisarga Adhikary alleges vulnerabilities in CBSE evaluation system
The S3 Exposure & Bad Apple 7
'Insanely insecure': ethical hacker alleges CBSE answer sheets, question papers were publicly accessible
Class 12 hacker plays viral 'Bad Apple' song on CBSE portal after breaching site
CBSE OSM portal hacked again? 19-year-old plays viral 'Bad Apple' video on the site
CBSE answer sheet leak row: students allege AWS data breach, poor scanning and evaluation errors
'Password was 123456': student alleges fresh security lapses in CBSE-linked systems
19-yr-old breaches CBSE site again, board still clueless
'Anyone can download': teen hacker claims CBSE answer sheets exposed online
CBSE Responds & Fallout 26
OSM row: CBSE admits OnMark portal vulnerabilities, says efforts underway to rule out other weaknesses
CBSE's U-turn: board admits to gaps in digital evaluation portal
Student flagged flaws; now CBSE says experts from govt and IITs are securing its systems
CBSE admits vulnerabilities in OnMark portal; deploys IIT and govt cyber experts, thanks ethical hackers
CBSE says 'identifiable vulnerabilities' in Class 12 evaluation system contained
CBSE admits OSM security flaws after online marking portal was hacked twice
No security breach in CBSE OSM system, board clarifies 'hacked' website was for testing
CBSE admits OSM mistake after student exposes board
CBSE says OnMark vulnerabilities contained after teen flags access to answer sheets, question papers
CBSE gets new chairman and secretary the same day govt orders an OSM inquiry
CBSE foils cyberattack on re-evaluation portal; 3.8 million attack packets found
CBSE on-screen marking row: standard scanners used, tender norms not altered, Coempt clarifies
CBSE re-evaluation: portal launch delayed over security-breach concerns
CBSE re-evaluation portal goes down
CBSE files complaint over 'coordinated' cyberattacks on its post-result portal
CBSE migrates evaluation data; Coempt blames physical scanning errors
CBSE copy mix-up due to 'human error, not system failure': Coempt on OSM glitches
Everything to know about CBSE's 2026 evaluation crisis: a timeline
CBSE admits portal vulnerabilities after ethical hacker flags flaws
CBSE OSM row: board admits security breach after portal hacked twice, deploys experts
CBSE clarifies after student claims OSM portal hack
CBSE to penalise vendor Coempt EduTeck over the OSM controversy: what we know so far
CBSE revaluation portal hit by cyberattack; payment-gateway glitch affects students
Delhi High Court refuses to order reopening of CBSE re-evaluation portal for Class 12
CBSE admits flaws in OnMark portal, deploys experts from IITs to secure system and fix issues
Praise for CBSE hacker from Union MoS for education: 'Kind of talent that we have in Bengal'
Profiles & The Gen Z Trio 12
Vedant Shrivastava, Nisarga Adhikary and Sarthak Sidhant: the Gen Z trio that took on the CBSE
Who is Nisarga Adhikary? Teen who exposed the CBSE OSM system lands an IIT Kanpur role
The plucky teenagers who put CBSE under the scanner
Explained | OSM row: how three students exposed loopholes and forced CBSE to admit flaws
CBSE controversy: meet the three musketeers who exposed systemic failures on social media
Three teen students, one education board, many questions
Meet the three teens who took on CBSE
When students turn detectives: how ethical hackers blew the whistle on CBSE
'Not afraid of FIR': CBSE portal hacker Nisarga Adhikary
Who is Nisarga Adhikary, the ethical hacker who exposed vulnerabilities in CBSE's OnMark portal?
2026 CBSE On-Screen Marking controversy
'Victory of youth, defeat of government': Rahul Gandhi hails Sarthak and Nisarga for exposing the alleged CBSE-Coempt nexus
IIT Kanpur · C3iHub 22
Nisarga Adhikary, ethical hacker who hacked CBSE, hired by IIT Kanpur
After IIT Kanpur job offer, whiz kid Nisarga Adhikary says no plans to study further
CBSE row: Nisarga Adhikary, teen who exposed OSM flaws, lands an IIT Kanpur job
Nisarga Adhikary, who exposed CBSE portal flaws, gets hired at IIT Kanpur's cybersecurity hub
After exposing CBSE OSM portal flaws, 19-year-old Nisarga Adhikary joins IIT Kanpur's cybersecurity team
At 19, he got a job at IIT Kanpur: meet hacker Nisarga Adhikary who exposed CBSE portal flaws
IIT Kanpur hires 19-year-old ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary who flagged CBSE portal flaws
IIT Kanpur hires cybersecurity researcher Nisarga Adhikary after CBSE-OSM row
Days after exposing CBSE OSM flaws, Nisarga Adhikary joins IIT Kanpur's Cybersecurity Hub
19-year-old ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary joins IIT Kanpur's Cybersecurity Hub
IIT Kanpur hires 19-year-old cyber expert who exposed CBSE OSM portal flaws
How much is CBSE OSM whistleblower Nisarga Adhikary making at IIT Kanpur?
19-year-old Nisarga Adhikary, who exposed flaws in CBSE's OSM portal, gets hired by IIT Kanpur C3iHub
IIT Kanpur recruits Nisarga Adhikary as a threat intelligence engineer after the CBSE OSM disclosure
From bug finder to IIT Kanpur: 19-year-old Nisarga Adhikary hired
IIT Kanpur recruits the teen hacker who exposed flaws on CBSE's OSM portal
IIT Kanpur hires Nisarga Adhikary as OSINT engineer at its cybersecurity hub
IIT Kanpur recruits teen who flagged flaws in CBSE's digital evaluation system
Nisarga Adhikary, 19, joins IIT Kanpur cybersecurity team after exposing CBSE portal flaws
Want to be an ethical hacker like Nisarga Adhikary? Check out this course by IIT Kanpur
IIT Kanpur hires Nisarga Adhikary, the 19-year-old who exposed CBSE OSM flaws, with a cybersecurity role
IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur introduce a Bachelor of Cybersecurity programme
The Telegram Ban Debate 19
NEET-UG re-exam: Nisarga Adhikary questions Telegram ban, says it won't stop paper leaks
'Can't stop paper leaks': cybersecurity researcher Nisarga Adhikary on the Telegram ban
'Will need to sit him down': IIT Kanpur professor and Nisarg Adhikary spar online over the Telegram ban
CBSE whistleblower teens fact-check the IIT Kanpur director over the Telegram ban
Teen cyber whiz who hacked CBSE and the IIT Kanpur director who hired him spar over the Telegram ban
Re-NEET 2026: Telegram curbs trigger an online face-off between Nisarga, Sarthak and the IIT director
CBSE teen whistleblowers Sarthak and Nisarga fact-check the IIT Kanpur director over the Telegram ban
IIT Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal defends the temporary Telegram ban, draws intense criticism
Telegram ban sparks debate ahead of NEET re-test; whistleblowers counter the IIT director with a 'meow meow'
Why Sarthak Siddhant and Nisarga Adhikary are not impressed by the govt's temporary Telegram ban
'Then how am I using it?': Nisarg Adhikary and users claim Telegram is accessible despite the ban
Telegram working despite ban raises doubts on India's tech ability to block it
Telegram was warned at highest levels about app's misuse before blanket ban: NTA D-G
'Fix the leak, not the app': internet reacts to the Telegram ban before the NEET re-exam
CBSE whistleblowers slam the ban on Telegram ahead of the NEET-UG re-exam: 'a bad idea'
NEET re-test row: CBSE whistleblowers fact-check the IIT Kanpur director over the Telegram restriction
IIT Kanpur director defends Telegram ban; teen ethical hacker hired by the institute responds
India strongly reacts to the Telegram ban for 150 million users over one paper leak
Curbs on Telegram till June 22 to 'protect' NEET re-exam integrity
Other Research & Disclosures 3
Private chat images exposed: Nisarga claims he got full access to an Indian dating app's sensitive data
Nisarga Adhikary says he gained access to secret data and private chat images on an Indian dating app
CTO responded after dating app security flaw exposed private photos, says ethical hacker Nisarga
Public Life & Activism 3
'Hackers here': Nisarga Adhikary, who exposed CBSE's OSM paper-checking portal, joins CJP's Jantar Mantar protest
'Energy here is truly crazy': Nisarga Adhikary, who flagged CBSE OSM flaws, joins CJP's Jantar Mantar protest
'Energy here truly crazy': Nisarga Adhikary, who hacked CBSE exam portal, shows up at Jantar Mantar protest
Interviews & Videos 23
Found CBSE portal vulnerabilities in 20 minutes, not afraid of FIR: teen ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary
'Easy to tamper with marks': how a teen researcher exposed CBSE's security gaps
FPJ Exclusive: meet Nisarga, the 19-year-old ethical hacker who flagged CBSE portal issues in February
Exclusive: 'I have enough proof', 19-year-old defends claims of security flaws in CBSE OSM portal
CBSE's OSM system 'compromised'? The 19-year-old who 'hacked' the OSM portal speaks
Exclusive: how Class 12 student Nisarga Adhikary allegedly hacked CBSE's OSM portal
Ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary speaks on the CBSE row | On-Screen Marking System
CBSE system glitch: ethical hacker accesses the portal in 30 minutes, exposes marks-tampering flaw
From exposing CBSE flaws to IIT Kanpur: the rise of an ethical hacker
CBSE security scare: what exactly did Nisarga Adhikary discover in the CBSE system?
How 19-year-old Nisarga Adhikary exposed CBSE; and what he says about the IIT Kanpur salary
How did 19-year-old Nisarga Adhikary blow the lid off CBSE's OSM portal?
Nisarga Adhikary could've changed his Class 12 marks: here's why he didn't
'Easy to tamper with marks': how a teen researcher exposed CBSE's security gaps
CBSE's ethical hacker exclusive: 'I could access everything; CBSE's response was shocking'
CBSE portal hacker speaks out, reveals how one could exploit the vulnerabilities (with Arnab Goswami)
CBSE OSM portal hacking: Nisarga Adhikary's claim that marks could be changed
Who is Nisarga Adhikary, the hacker who stunned CBSE by breaching its OSM portal? Revelations in interview
Ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary speaks on the CBSE OSM portal security flaws
Nisarga Adhikary on exposing the vulnerabilities in CBSE's OSM portal
How 2 kids exposed CBSE's biggest BLUNDER
CBSE mess: hacker exposes CBSE portal flaws as students face massive evaluation errors
Students question CBSE's new digital marking system; ethical hacker flags vulnerabilities
Opinion & Analysis 6
Digital examinations and public trust: insights from the CBSE OSM controversy
UnCERT-In: the CBSE fiasco reveals major vulnerabilities in India's cybersecurity systems
Digitising education: how CBSE's OSM experiment went off course
CBSE OSM evaluation controversy: technical glitches, blurry answer sheets and students' distrust
CBSE OSM crisis: the hidden risks of digitising exam evaluation
It wasn't fun being a student in May: how Indian media covered the chaos of NEET, CBSE and CUET-UG
Civil Society & Advocacy 1
Notable Mentions on X 11
Called the CBSE OSM portal an 'absolute embarrassment' and amplified the disclosure to his large tech audience
Followed up on the CBSE story, continuing to spotlight the disclosure for his audience
'This 19-year-old had alerted CBSE about the vulnerabilities in the On-Screen Marking portal, in February. Yet CBSE ignored most of the vulnerabilities and lakhs of students and their parents were forced to go through traumatic days.'
'A teenage cybersecurity researcher, Nisarga Adhikary, responsibly disclosed five critical vulnerabilities in CBSE's OSM portal to CERT-In.'
Reported the AWS S3 bucket exposure: scanned answer sheets and question papers accessible without authentication
Covered the Bad Apple animation played on CBSE's portal as a proof-of-access demonstration
Posted the video interview on the security lapses found in CBSE's OnMark portal
'The massive exposé by ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary about CBSE's flawed assessment solution has shocked the nation.'
Featured how a 19-year-old ethical hacker exposed CBSE's security vulnerabilities
Thread on how a CBSE student uncovered a security flaw in a national exam portal
Shared the interview detailing easily available passwords providing ready access to sensitive portal data