Medicos hack server to change marks

NEW DELHI: Ten foreign medical graduates — Indians who graduated from foreign universities — who appeared for the screening test for eligibility to practice in India were found to have hacked into the main server of the National Board of Examinations and changed their marks from failed status to pass marks. All 10 have been debarred from appearing in any future examination conducted by the NBE and all state medical councils have been asked to blacklist them.
The NBE issued a statement that these foreign medical graduates (FMGEs) hacked into the server where they added their photos, contact details and so on to the list of passed students and changed marks to show that they had passed so that they could generate fraudulent FMGE pass certificates.
After the 10 failed in the screening test held in December 2019, they filled the form for the screening test held in July this year. Six of them appeared for the July exam and failed again, while the rest did not turn up to write the test.
According to the NBE, the breach in the security mechanism of the NBE servers was being investigated, systems strengthened and the matter was reported to the appropriate authorities including the police, cyber crime cell and all relevant ministries.