JAMB GLITCH: 20 Arrested for Hacking UTME 2025 CBT Servers
By: Olufemi Orunsola
The Department of State Services, DSS, and the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, in Abuja have arrested no fewer than l20 persons for allegedly hacking the servers used to conduct the 2025 computer-based test examinations of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB).
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA OTN News gathered that the suspects, who are currently in the custody of the security agencies, are believed to be part of a larger syndicate comprising over 100 individuals who specialize in hacking the computer servers of key examination bodies, including JAMB and the National Examinations Council.
According to security sources, the suspects have confessed to deliberately sabotaging the CBT systems in a bid to discredit JAMB and discourage the future use of computer-based examinations for WAEC and NECO.
One of the sources disclosed that the suspects admitted that the syndicate used specially designed attacking software to remotely infiltrate and manipulate JAMB servers at targeted CBT centres.
The source also explained that the software was reportedly installed on routers covertly placed within the vicinity of these centers to override JAMB’s secure platforms.
The source further stated that the suspects were arrested in coordinated operations across states, including Lagos, Edo, Anambra, Delta and Kano.
He noted that the identities of the suspects are being withheld pending their arraignment in court.
Meanwhile, an inside source said no evidence of complicity has been found against the seven JAMB officials who supervised the service providers at the affected CBT centers.
OTN News recalls that the UTME 2025 was marred with unprecedented mass failure of students across the country, especially in Lagos and some Southeast states, leading the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede to tender public apology to Nigerians, while admitting responsibility for the glitch in the examination system.
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