IIT Kanpur Hires Nisarga Adhikary, Who Flagged Major Flaws in CBSE's OSM Portal
The 19-year-old will analyze public data and help patch website and app weaknesses after exposing flaws that could have exposed student records.
- Nineteen-Year-Old Nisarga Adhikary has been appointed as an Open-Source Intelligence and Threat Intelligence Engineer at C3iHub, IIT Kanpur's cybersecurity innovation hub, working on a contractual basis.
- IIT Kanpur Director Manindra Agrawal recruited Adhikary after reading his blog post published on May 22 detailing security vulnerabilities in the Central Board of Secondary Education's On-Screen Marking portal.
- Adhikary identified multiple flaws in just 20 minutes, including master passwords stored in plain text and client-side OTP validation issues; he alleged answer sheets were publicly accessible on an AWS bucket.
- Director Agrawal praised Adhikary as 'a talented young engineer with significant potential,' while Adhikary stated, 'I am excited about this opportunity because it is the first time I will be working in a security-focused role.'
- Adhikary plans to focus on building startups rather than pursue further education; his appointment reflects growing recognition of ethical hacking and responsible vulnerability disclosure in India, though he acknowledged his salary is lower than he earned from US-based roles.
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Who is Nisarga Adhikary? Teen who exposed the CBSE OSM system lands IIT-Kanpur role
Nisarga Adhikary, a young cybersecurity researcher who came into the spotlight over his claims of security vulnerabilities in CBSE's digital system, has joined IIT Kanpur's cybersecurity innovation hub. Reacting to the development, IIT Kanpur Director Professor Manindra Agrawal described Adhikary as a 'talented young engineer with significant potential'
IIT Kanpur Hires Nisarga Adhikary After CBSE OSM Flaw Expose
Nisarga Adhikary, a 19-year-old cybersecurity researcher, has been appointed as an Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Threat Intelligence Engineer at IIT Kanpur’s C3iHub. Adhikary gained national attention after identifying and publicly disclosing multiple vulnerabilities in the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) On-Screen Marking (OSM) system. His appointment follows the widespread debate over digital security and evaluation transp…
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