Iit Roorkee Refutes Jee Advanced Data Breach Allegations Calls Social Media Claims Misleading

The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, has rejected claims of a data breach and a privacy violation affecting lakhs of JEE Advanced aspirants. The Institute claimed that the information circulating on social media is misleading and does not accurately reflect what happened.

In a statement shared on the social media platform X, IIT Roorkee said there is an attempt to spread misinformation that is far from the truth.

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The clarification comes amid widespread online discussion following reports that personal information of JEE (Advanced) candidates was exposed due to a cloud storage configuration issue.

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The Institute further clarified that on June 2, 2026 certain technical interventions were undertaken on an expedited basis to assist candidates experiencing difficulties in accessing admit card data and to ensure the smooth functioning of the registration process. These interventions resulted in a minimal, temporary misconfiguration in a cloud storage component.

Moving ahead, the Institute said that after ethical hacker Rylen Anil identified the misconfiguration and reported it, the issue was immediately rectified, and access to the data was restricted. The affected storage was read-only, meaning no data could be edited or deleted. No sensitive information was compromised or mass-extracted.

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Moreover, IIT made it very clear that this incident had no impact on examination outcomes, including marks, ranks, and candidate categories.

Meanwhile, IIT Roorkee has ruled out any dilution of the eligibility norms demanded by students for admission to IITs, NITs and other centrally funded technical institutions amid the CBSE OSM row. As per the ANI report, the Institute has confirmed that it is in touch with CBSE to resolve the issue.