'Just Use Cloudflare Bro': Class 12 Ethical Hacker Sarthak To CBSE Over Cyber Attacks
Ethical hacker and CBSE-OSM whistleblower Sarthak Sidhant advised the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to use Cloudflare after the Board has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police over a series of coordinated cyber attacks on its Post-Result Services Portal.
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New Delhi: Ethical hacker and CBSE-OSM whistleblower Sarthak Sidhant advised the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to use Cloudflare after the Board has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police over a series of coordinated cyber attacks on its Post-Result Services Portal.
Taking to X to share that it had filed a police complaint, CBSE tweeted, “All attacks were successfully mitigated through 24×7 monitoring, with no data breach or compromise of systems.”
Reacting to the tweet, Class 12 student Sarthak Sidhant replied, “Just use cloudflare bro.”
Cloudfare is a global network and security platform that acts as a secure intermediary between a website and its users. It accelerates web performance and blocks cyber threats.
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Earlier this week, Sarthak Sidhant appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports to present his concerns over CBSE's On-Screen Marking (OSM) system directly before lawmakers.
Sarthak, who a 17-year-old tech enthusiast from Ranchi, Jharkhand, came to the limelight after he uploaded the analysis of the CBSE On-Screen Marking (OSM) system's tender process. His investigative blog, which alleged that procurement rules were altered to favor a specific private vendor, sparked a massive debate on examination transparency.
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His blog is titled 'How CBSE Rewrote Rules to Favor Coempt Edu Teck'.
Attacks On Re-Evaluation Portal
The portal was launched on June 2 to let Class 12 students complete submissions for verification/re-evaluation of their answer sheets after complaints from students regarding unexpectedly low marks in this year’s board examinations. Many students linked the issue to the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, under which answer sheets are scanned and assessed on-screen instead of being checked physically in most cases.
The re-evaluation portal has been facing repeated cyber attacks since its launch. On Tuesday, CBSE said as many as 1.5 million cyberattack attempts were made within just two minutes.