CBSE contains vulnerabilities in On-Screen Marking system, thanks ethical hackers
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced that vulnerabilities in its On-Screen Marking (OnMark) platform for Class 12 answer sheets have been contained. This follows public disclosures by ethical hackers, including 19-year-old Nisarga Adhikary, who exposed exploitable weaknesses. The CBSE stated that an expert cybersecurity team, including professionals from government arms and IITs, was deployed to fortify the systems. The board expressed gratitude to alert citizens for highlighting these issues, ensuring the integrity of the digital evaluation ecosystem. Concerns were raised regarding data sovereignty and the handling of sensitive student data by the technology vendor, COEMPT Eduteck.
मुख्य बिंदु
- CBSE confirmed containing vulnerabilities in its On-Screen Marking (OnMark) platform for Class 12 answer sheets.
- Ethical hackers, like Nisarga Adhikary, publicly exposed these security flaws.
- An expert team from government and IITs was deployed to secure the systems.
- Concerns were raised regarding data sovereignty and the handling of sensitive student data by the technology vendor, COEMPT Eduteck.
- The issues included unprotected student data, accessible AWS buckets, and processing by Google's Gemini without consent.
परीक्षा तथ्य
- CBSE On-Screen Marking (OnMark) platform for Class 12 answer sheets.
- Ethical hacker Nisarga Adhikary, 19, exposed vulnerabilities.
- COEMPT Eduteck is the CBSE's technology vendor.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google's Gemini were mentioned in relation to data handling.
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