NEW DELHI: The CBI on Monday arrested an adept Russian hacker who is believed to be the mastermind of the case. JEE Paper leak report (Mains) last year. Mikhail Shargin had a round of observations against him and was detained at the Delhi airport for immigration upon arrival from Kazakhstan. Sources said he was taken to agency headquarters for questioning and was likely arrested later that night.
The source added, the deep technical penetration process showed that the defendant interfered with the iLeon software – the platform on which JEE (M) runs – and helped other defendants hack the computer systems of the contestants. suspect in the exam, the source added.
CBI has applied PINE TREE on September 1, 2021 last year against a private company, its directors, three employees and several intermediaries over allegations of misconduct during its ongoing 2021 JEE (Mains) Exam a private educational institution. The staff is posted at the test center and some offers are said to be related.
According to the FIR, the alleged company and its directors manipulated the JEE (Mains) online test and facilitated aspiring students to get into top NITs instead of a huge sum of money. giant.
An official said the defendants manipulated the system and solved the applicant’s questions by hacking it and controlling it through remote access from a specific testing center in Sonepat, Haryana.
“It is also assumed that the defendant has obtained an X and XII bookmarks, user IDs, passwords and check-in dates of aspiring students in different parts of the country for security. Company spokesman RC Joshi said once admission was done, they used to collect large sums ranging from 12-15 Lakh per applicant.
Following FIR registration, searches were conducted at 19 locations in Delhi-NCR, Pune, Jamshedpur, Indore and Bangalore, resulting in the recovery of 25 laptops, 7 personal computers, approximately 30 overdue checks, assessment sheets, and many incriminating documents and devices. .
During the investigation, some foreign nationals were involved in compromising many online exams including JEE by clashing with some Indian nationals.
The arrested suspect was subsequently identified on the basis of extensive technical penetration into the seized devices. An inspection notice was then issued and the immigration department ordered the suspect to be detained during the move.
The source added, the deep technical penetration process showed that the defendant interfered with the iLeon software – the platform on which JEE (M) runs – and helped other defendants hack the computer systems of the contestants. suspect in the exam, the source added.
CBI has applied PINE TREE on September 1, 2021 last year against a private company, its directors, three employees and several intermediaries over allegations of misconduct during its ongoing 2021 JEE (Mains) Exam a private educational institution. The staff is posted at the test center and some offers are said to be related.
According to the FIR, the alleged company and its directors manipulated the JEE (Mains) online test and facilitated aspiring students to get into top NITs instead of a huge sum of money. giant.
An official said the defendants manipulated the system and solved the applicant’s questions by hacking it and controlling it through remote access from a specific testing center in Sonepat, Haryana.
“It is also assumed that the defendant has obtained an X and XII bookmarks, user IDs, passwords and check-in dates of aspiring students in different parts of the country for security. Company spokesman RC Joshi said once admission was done, they used to collect large sums ranging from 12-15 Lakh per applicant.
Following FIR registration, searches were conducted at 19 locations in Delhi-NCR, Pune, Jamshedpur, Indore and Bangalore, resulting in the recovery of 25 laptops, 7 personal computers, approximately 30 overdue checks, assessment sheets, and many incriminating documents and devices. .
During the investigation, some foreign nationals were involved in compromising many online exams including JEE by clashing with some Indian nationals.
The arrested suspect was subsequently identified on the basis of extensive technical penetration into the seized devices. An inspection notice was then issued and the immigration department ordered the suspect to be detained during the move.
