GMAT exam solving module busted, six arrested: Delhi Police
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has busted an online examination hacking/solving module and arrested six people, officials said on Wednesday.
The accused have been identified as Arshad Dhunna (39), Salman Dhunna (28) and Hemal Shah (42), all residents of Mumbai, Kunal Goel (39), a resident of Delhi, while Mohit Sharma (35) and Raj Teotia (33), both residents of Karnal in Haryana, they said.
Teotia, has a reward of Rs one lakh on his arrest from Haryana and was also wanted by CBI, police said.
Russian hackers were also used by the syndicate to get access to various examination portals, police said. They got the access of the examination through remote access.
The accused downloaded the disguised remote access software, which was not detected by the safety measures and proctor, a senior police officer said.
The accused helped 18 candidates to clear the GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test) exam and around 500 candidates in other exams in three years, police said.
Police said they received information that a few syndicates were involved in unauthorized access of various competition exams and charging hefty amount for getting the candidates the desired scores. These syndicates claiming to have access into online examinations of GMAT, JEE etc.
During investigation, the accused persons were contacted and a deal for cracking GMAT exam was struck with them. The exam was booked in the name of a decoy police official, fees was submitted and the slot for exam was booked, a senior police officer said. Token money of the deal was also deposited in the bank account provided by them, police said.
On the exam day on December 26, the accused asked the decoy candidate to download a software "Ultraviewer" and thereby gained the remote access of the candidate's laptop, the officer said.
They also connected the candidate's laptop to the solver who had attempted the exam and evaded the detection from the proctor and other safety measures, police said. The hacker got access to the laptop and disguised the remote access file as the system file. The decoy candidate got a total score of 780 out of 800, which is 97 percentile and can get admission to the top MBA colleges worldwide, the officer said.
