The National Testing Agency (NTA) in India is in the midst of a serious crisis, with its staff worried about the safety of any exam due to claims that the NTA’s website was hacked.
Following the cancellation of the UGC-NET due to claimed cyberthreats, an NTA officer has come forward, suggesting further risks to examinations.
According to the local media outlet, a senior NTA official stated that the testing organization’s IT and administrative staff are concerned that re-conducting the examinations will be impossible owing to “terrorist organisations” getting into the NTA’s security systems via the dark web to expose the chinks this year.
Earlier this week, the Bihar Police asked for data about six candidates, including their roll numbers. Two of the roll numbers do not exist, and the names of the remaining two candidates do not match. There are other discrepancies, including the timing of the seizures, which took place after the exam, when all of the question papers had already been made public, the official added.
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