16-year-old flags data issues on JEE Advanced results site; IIT Roorkee says ‘thank you’, takes corrective action

16-year-old flags data issues on JEE Advanced results site; IIT Roorkee says ‘thank you’, takes corrective…

A 16-year-old researcher uncovered a cloud storage misconfiguration on JEE Advanced 2026 results portal, exposing 180k candidate records; IIT Roorkee swiftly patched the vulnerability. The incident reflects security governance gaps in large-scale exam infrastructure, a recurring pattern in India's education technology implementations.