16-year-old flags data issues on JEE Advanced results site; IIT Roorkee says ‘thank you’, takes corrective action
A 16-year-old cybersecurity researcher identified a significant data security issue on the JEE Advanced 2026 results website. The misconfiguration exposed sensitive candidate data, prompting IIT Roorkee to take immediate corrective action. The institute acknowledged the issue and praised the researcher for their responsible behavior in reporting it.
- ▪A 16-year-old researcher discovered a public cloud storage misconfiguration on the JEE Advanced 2026 results site.
- ▪The misconfiguration exposed approximately 179.6k result records and 187.3k admit-card PDFs containing personal information.
- ▪IIT Roorkee thanked the researcher and assured that the data was read-only, preventing any alterations.
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16-year-old flags data issues on JEE Advanced results site; IIT Roorkee says ‘thank you’, takes corrective actionRylen Anil (@DarthKermy72747) claimed that the JEE Advanced 2026 candidate result infrastructure had a public cloud storage misconfiguration.Updated on: Jun 03, 2026 8:48 AM ISTWritten by Priyanjali NarayanShare viaCopy link A 16-year-old cybersecurity researcher has flagged a major data security issue on the JEE Advanced 2026 results website, prompting a swift response from the organising institute, IIT Roorkee.Rylen Anil (@DarthKermy72747) claimed that the JEE Advanced 2026 candidate result infrastructure had a public cloud storage misconfiguration that exposed large volumes of candidate data.Rylen Anil (@DarthKermy72747) claimed that the JEE Advanced 2026 candidate result…
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