A Shocking JEE Mains cheating case has been discovered and a Russian has been for hacking and helping 820 cheat.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Russian national, identified as Mikhail Shargin, for hacking the JEE Main 2021 examination software. He was arrested by the Immigration Bureau of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. He had arrived there from Kazakhstan. He is speculated to be the mastermind behind the software hacking of the engineering entrance examination. Airport authorities were aware that he is a suspect of last year’s exam scam that took place in September. CBI is interrogating Mikhail who was allegedly at the centre of the scam in 2021. NDTV has revealed that the Russian helped as many as 820 candidates to cheat.
Here’s all you need to know about JEE Main cheating case
The Joint Engineering Exam or JEE Main, is a computer-based exam held across the country to offer admission to prestigious engineering colleges like IITs, NITs, state engineering colleges and others. Last year, nearly 10 lakh students took the exam.
Since the exam is conducted in online mode, Mikhail Shargin had allegedly hacked TCS Software for the JEE Mains Exam, said CBI.
Shargin’s hacking let students cheat as it allowed ‘teachers’ or ‘coaches’ to take charge of their computers and appear for the exam instead of students.
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