The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has issued an important clarification regarding social media posts and reports alleging a security breach in an ICAI examination-related portal and unauthorized access to examination records.
Responding to the claims, ICAI categorically stated that the allegations are false, misleading, and without any factual basis, urging students, members, and stakeholders not to be misled by such rumours.
Official copy of the notification is as follows
Public Relations Committee
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has come across certain posts and reports circulating in social media alleging a security breach in an ICAI examination-related portal and claimed unauthorized access to ICAI examination records. These unverified claims have caused concern and confusion among students, members and other stakeholders.
In this regard, ICAI clarifies that the portal being referred to, namely examiners.icaiexam.icai.org, is a training portal used exclusively for examiner orientation and has nothing to do with exam-related records as claimed in these posts.
ICAI assure all stakeholders that there has been no compromise of candidates’ examination records, answer books, marks data, or any sensitive information related to the examination process.
ICAI urges the stakeholders not to give any credence to such false, baseless and mischievous campaign.
ICAI has viewed the matter seriously and assures that stringent action in accordance with law will be taken against persons spreading such rumours and false claims. ICAI further reiterates that its examination processes are robust, totally secure and supported by a strong information technology infrastructure with multiple layers of safeguards to protect the integrity and confidentiality of examination-related data.
Students, members and all stakeholders are therefore, advised not to believe such rumours and false campaigns in social media and requested to refer only to official communications issued by ICAI for authentic updates.
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