The issue gained traction when Ethical Hacker Nisarga, who pinpointed loopholes in CBSE’s On-Screen Marking (OSM), posted a tweet saying, “Remember COEMPT, the shady vendor CBSE hired?”, along with screenshots purportedly displaying a repository linked to COEMPT Edu Teck Pvt Ltd and what appeared to be a file containing email IDs and passwords stored in plaintext.