Hyderabad, June 6 -- The cybersecurity certificates that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) accepted as proof that its on-screen marking platform was safe to process nearly 10 million Class 12 answer scripts were issued for a different client's deployment of the same software, and one of them was nearly two years old when submitted, Hindustan Times reported.

The findings add a significant dimension to the controversy surrounding Coempt EduTeck, the Hyderabad-based company CBSE awarded its on-screen marking (OSM) contract to in December 2025, just 74 days before Class 12 board examinations began.

What the certificates actually covered

Coempt submitted two certificates to satisfy cybersecurity requirements under the August 2...