Kanpur, 11 June (HS): Nisarga Adhikary, a cybersecurity

researcher, has been hired as the OSINT and Threat Intelligence Engineer at

C3iHub, IIT Kanpur's cyber defense research lab. The child recently gained

attention after he discovered severe security flaws in the Central Board of

Secondary Education's Online Submission of Marks (OSM) system.

The 19-year-old previously stated that identifying

weaknesses in the CBSE platform took him only 20 minutes. Adhikary said that

answer sheets and question papers kept on an AWS bucket were publicly available

online, which raised serious concerns about the CBSE's digital infrastructure. Adhikary's

nomination is undoubtedly a big step forward in his professional career,

highlighting the country's growing acknowledgment of ethical hacking and

responsible vulnerability disclosure.

CBSE-affiliated schools utilize the OSM site to post and

manage their students' examination results. It is a crucial part of the board

examination process, allowing schools to submit marks online for compilation

and result preparation. Adhikary previously indicated that he uncovered many

security flaws in the portal, which might expose sensitive student and

school-related information if abused by fraudsters.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi