The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has filed a complaint with Delhi Police over Coordinated Cyber Attacks on Post-Result Services Portal. In a statement, the board said, 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. The portal was launched on 2nd of this month to facilitate services such as verification and re-evaluation of answer scripts for candidates who had appeared in the 12th Board Examination. CBSE said, the portal was subjected to repeated and coordinated cyber attacks over the past three days. The attacks involved large volumes of malicious traffic originating from multiple IP addresses within and outside the country. However, the attacks were successfully mitigated through continuous 24×7 monitoring and response mechanisms, with support from cybersecurity teams of IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, and other Central Government agencies.
In view of the nature, scale, and coordinated character of these attacks, CBSE has approached the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations Unit of Delhi Police for a detailed investigation and appropriate legal action against those responsible.
