…DSS, police haunt for other syndicate members on run
. As suspects confess to sabotaging CBT system to discredit JAMB
Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police operatives have arrested no fewer than 20 suspects over the hacking of the 2025 computer-Based Test Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The security agencies are also haunting for other members of the hacking syndicate now on the run.
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB conducted the 2025 UTME.
The arrested suspects, it was learnt are part of over 100-member syndicate specialising in hacking of the computer servers of examination bodies like JAMB and the National Examinations Council.
Reports say security sources confirmed that the suspects have confessed to sabotaging the CBT system in order to discredit JAMB and discourage students from using CBT for future examinations to be conducted by NECO and WAEC.
“The syndicate would install an attacking software on the examination body hardware. The software, in turn, would remotely hack JAMB servers at any targeted CBT centre,” the source quoted one of the suspect as confessing.
It was gathered that the entire hacking process was to influence high scores for special candidates who paid between N700,000 and N2 million.
The report added that preliminary investigations revealed that several members of the syndicate own private schools and colleges, and make huge sums of money from their special centres.
