The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has filed a formal complaint with the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) Unit of Delhi Police concerning a series of coordinated and sophisticated cyber attacks directed at its Post-Result Services Portal.
Delhi Police has registered a case under Section 66 along with Sector 43 (F) of the IT Act and investigation has been taken up.
The portal had accepted more than 56,000 applications for verification and re-evaluation as of 9.30 pm on June 3.
“The attacks involved large volumes of malicious traffic originating from multiple IP addresses within and outside the country.
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.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has filed a formal complaint with the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) Unit of Delhi Police concerning a series of coordinated and sophisticated cyber attacks directed at its Post-Result Services Portal.
Delhi Police has registered a case under Section 66 along with Sector 43 (F) of the IT Act and investigation has been taken up.
“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,” stated CBSE in a public statement.
The portal, launched on June 2 to facilitate services such as verification and re-evaluation of answer scripts for candidates who had appeared in the XII Board Examination, was subjected to repeated and coordinated cyber attacks over the past three days, CBSE has stated.
The portal had accepted more than 56,000 applications for verification and re-evaluation as of 9.30 pm on June 3. CBSE has not released data on June 4 and 5.
“The attacks involved large volumes of malicious traffic originating from multiple IP addresses within and outside the country. The apparent objective of the attackers appeared to destabilise the platform, deny access to legitimate users, and attempt unauthorised extraction of information by the elements inimical to national interest,” CBSE stated.
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 emphasized that despite these malicious attempts, CBSE’s systems and databases remain secure and uncompromised. No data breach or unauthorized access has been detected,” CBSE stated.
The attacks were successfully mitigated through continuous 24×7 monitoring and response mechanisms, with support from cybersecurity teams of IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, Digital India Corporation, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), CERT-In, and other Central Government agencies, it further stated.
