Hello friends, I’m a 3rd year BCA student & part-time Bug hunter who is very passionate about cybersecurity (Mainly web). Here is a quick articl

How I Hacked Into a Nationwide University Database System Exposing Thousands of Student Records

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2024-11-20 06:30:03

Hello friends, I’m a 3rd year BCA student & part-time Bug hunter who is very passionate about cybersecurity (Mainly web). Here is a quick article on how I was able to hack into the server of a large university solutions portal which has many university clients and thousands of students’ data.

One day when i asked my teacher about my attendance score from her register book, She refused and said “NO, just check your student portal.”. Without asking anything further I went to my room, opened my lap, logged into the portal. While checking the attendance, something comes up in my mind. “What if i hacked this?”. The refusal of teacher and my attendance score ( I was in shortage) brought out the hacker mindset inside me. My only goal was to hack into this server, nothing less. And I started testing it…

This is a website which is used by many universities/colleges across India to manage student records, marksheets, Attendance, Answer booklets and more. The website can only be logged in by the students and teachers as the valid college registration number is required for the registration purposes.