New Delhi, June 5 -- IIT Roorkee on Friday refuted claims of a data breach and privacy violation affecting lakhs of JEE (Advanced) aspirants, calling them "misleading and factually incorrect."

In a post on X, the institution wrote, "Claims of a data breach and privacy violation affecting lakhs of JEE (Advanced) aspirants are misleading and factually incorrect. The information circulating on social media is misleading and does not accurately reflect what happened. There is an attempt at spreading misinformation, which is far from the truth."

As per the post, IIT Roorkee introduced technical fixes on June 2 to resolve admit card access issues and streamline the registration process.

"On 2nd June 2026, certain technical interventions were...