• CBI arrests Russian national for tampering with JEE Mains exam software

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    CBI arrests Russian national for tampering with JEE Mains exam software

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    color:#252525">Digital Desk: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) detained
    a Russian national for his alleged involvement in tampering with the JEE Mains
    2021 exam's software.

    color:#252525">The foreigner, known as Mikhail Shargin, was taken from the
    Bureau of Immigration at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi,
    where he had been detained upon arrival from Almaty, Kazakhstan. Agency sleuths
    then questioned him.

    color:#252525">According to a press release, it was discovered after
    investigations that certain foreign nationals had compromised numerous online
    exams, including the JEE (Mains). The statement continued, "The role of
    one Russian national who had allegedly tampered with the iLeon software (the
    platform on which the JEE(Main)-2021 examination was conducted) was revealed.
    He also allegedly assisted other accused in hacking the computer systems of
    suspect candidates during the examination.

    color:#252525">The CBI issued a lookout notice (LOC) against the man. According
    to them, when the Russian national landed at the airport from abroad, central
    agencies informed the CBI.

    color:#252525">According to a PTI report, the top investigative agency had
    Affinity Education Pvt Ltd, its three directors, Siddharth Krishna, Vishwambhar
    Mani Tripathi, and Govind Varshney, along with other touts and associates, in
    September of last year for alleged test tampering.

    color:#252525">The three directors are accused of conspiring with other
    associates and touts to rig the JEE (Mains) online test in order to help
    aspirant students gain admission to prestigious National Institutes of
    Technology in exchange for sizable sums of money. They allegedly did this by
    remotely accessing a chosen testing location in Sonepat to answer the
    applicants' question papers (Haryana).

    color:#252525">Prior to this, searches were carried out at 19 locations, including
    Delhi, Pune, Indore, Bangalore, and Jamshedpur. During these searches, officers
    recovered 25 laptops, 30 post-dated checks, many personal computers, and other
    evidence.

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