Following the announcement of the JEE Advanced 2026 results, IIT Roorkee has confirmed a significant data exposure involving candidate information. The breach, which affected the official results portal, reportedly left nearly 180,000 student records and over 187,000 admit card PDFs vulnerable.
Key Details of the Exposure
The vulnerability was first identified by a user on X (formerly Twitter), who noted that a public cloud storage bucket linked to the result system was accessible without any authentication.
- Scope of Exposure: Approximately 179,600 result records and 187,300 admit card documents.
- Root Cause: IIT Roorkee attributed the incident to a misconfigured cloud storage setting.
- Current Status: The institute has acknowledged the flaw and stated that corrective measures are underway to secure the portal and protect candidate data.
