How I Accidentally Hacked CBSE Results: A Prank That Went Viral
Hey, everyone!
Before I dive into this absolute rollercoaster of a story, let me start with a big, sorry for being so late with this blog. Life got busy, and I also procrastinated (a lot). But hey, you know what they say good things take time. Or in this case, crazy stories. So, buckle up because this one’s a wild ride.
This all happened when I was in 10th grade during the lockdown era you know, back when “school” meant sitting in pajamas with a laptop and pretending to pay attention. CBSE had decided to make our lives even more interesting and doing an experiment by splitting the board exams into two terms. Our first-term exams were from November 26 to December 9, 2021, and for the first time ever, they were OMR-based MCQs. Exciting, right?
Anyway, after the exams ended, we all entered the “waiting game.” Every day, there was a new rumor about the results: “They’ll come tomorrow for sure!” or “CBSE’s just about to announce them!” And after weeks of nothing, I got tired of waiting and thought, why not spice things up?
And then the most chaotic idea popped into my head.
What if I made a fake CBSE results website to prank everyone (my classmates only)? I mean, I had the web dev skills, I had the time (thank you, lockdown), and I definitely had the mischief in me. So, I got to work. The plan was simple:
- Create a website that looks exactly like the official CBSE results portal.
- Get people to enter their details—roll numbers, school codes, dates of birth—the whole deal.
- Once they hit submit, BOOM: Sunil Grover pops up with his “Kaisa laga mera mazaak?” meme.
I was laughing like a villain in a Bollywood movie while coding this masterpiece.
On January 20, it was ready to roll. My friend joined the fun by helping me test the site and drafting a tweet that looked like an official CBSE notification. We even made the link look legit:
https://cbseresults.wneo.tk/class10/class10term1.html (Honestly, I deserve an award for attention to detail).
At midnight, we sent the link to just one person—the poor soul immediately fell for it. We were so proud of our prank and went to bed thinking, Ah, good times.
Little did I know, the internet had other plans.
The next morning, I woke up to thousands of entries on my website. Thousands. From just one forwarded message! My reaction? “Holy sh—what just happened?” Seeing this, I thought, Why stop now? So, like the agent of chaos I am, I shared the link in my class group. Now, let me tell you, my classmates trusted me. A lot. So when they saw the link coming from me, they were like, “Oh, this must be real!” And guess what? Most of them fell for it. The next thing I knew, my phone was blowing up with messages:
“Bro, you gave me a heart attack!”
“This isn’t funny!”
“I’m coming to your house to kill you.”
And me? I was sitting there laughing like a maniac, watching the website traffic explode.
At its peak, the site was getting 10,000 unique visitors every hour. That’s insane! My free hosting provider couldn’t handle it and banned my site for using too much bandwidth. But did that stop me? Absolutely not. I found a way to attach all the images on my website directly from CBSE server.
Over the next two days, the website had over 2 lakh unique visitors. I collected around 70,000 entries—roll numbers, school codes, dates of birth—the whole deal. At this point, I felt like some evil genius.
But the fun didn’t stop there. I decided to experiment with the traffic. I added my YouTube channel link to the site and gained hundreds of new subscribers overnight. Then I ran a poll on the website asking, “Should I continue the prank?” Thousands of people voted “yes,” and I thought, Wow, the internet really loves chaos.
But then things started getting serious. My website ended up in a Telegram group with 50,000 members which was related to CBSE news. Someone posted an alert, warning students not to use the site and calling it a scam. “Hackers are stealing your data!” they said. Hackers? Really? At this point, I figured it was time to call it quits.
I uploaded a video message on the site apologizing for the prank and announced that the site was officially closed. It took a couple of days for the traffic to calm down, but by then, the damage (or fun?) was done.
Oh, and here’s the kicker: I realized I could’ve used the data I collected to fetch everyone’s actual results from the official CBSE site. But CBSE outsmarted me. They added a new field, “Admit Card ID,” which had never been required before. My 70,000 entries? Useless. Well played, CBSE. Well played.
Looking back, this whole incident was a mix of pure excitement, panic, and a tiny bit of regret. At one point, I was genuinely scared I’d end up in jail. But at the same time, watching my website go viral and seeing the numbers climb was… surreal.
So, to everyone who fell for the prank—sorry for the mini heart attacks. It was all in good fun, and I hope you can laugh about it now (if not, please don’t come after me).
And to you, dear reader, thanks for sticking around to read this crazy story. I promise my next blog will be less chaotic. Or will it?
Until next time!
Bye Bye!