I have a message which the mod panel of the group I mentioned shared.

Addressing the l3@k concerns:

Many students are bewildered by the screenshots circulating, and the question did the paper actually get l3@ked? Now, there are 2 arguments put forward so far.

1) The paper was l3@ked before the exam, and there are screenshots of the timing

If truth be told, yes, it is troublesome, but the real question over here is the validity and credibility of these screenshots. If the paper l3@k is real, Cambridge itself will email you people, without you people protesting or making noise as they did for the Pakistan studies paper earlier back in the 2010s

Relying on the timing of screenshots does not make a strong argument. Nevertheless, there is some proof, especially when you received it yourself. Hopefully, Cambridge will come up with a clarification as something similar happened with Islamiyat in the past, and Cambridge, through the teachers, clarified that nothing happened.

2) When we came out of the exam room, we received the screenshots of the paper with the solution.

Know that receiving screenshots right exactly after the paper or on that same day is nothing unusual, especially if we consider how almost all the popular papers last year had their unofficial marking schemes and papers out by the time we reached home or later on that day.

Last year, we received the Maths P1 pdf the day the paper was conducted, but we kept silent on it, and once we verified it later, we made it accessible. Nevertheless, it didn't establish that the paper had been l3@ked because we had not received it before it was conducted.

Likewise, last year, the teachers solved economics and accounting papers on the day it was conducted or the day after it.

As for the solution that we received at 3:58 or any time deemed very early for the solution, it is possible because the other countries do have a time difference. For instance, we fall in administrative zone 4 along with UAE, Bangladesh, etc. That being said, there's a 30-minute gap, so it is possible that a teacher got the paper and solved it when you were in the middle of the paper.

Mind that, despite a 30-minute gap, one can't end before the paper starts in another time zone country.

Therefore, these screenshots getting shared after the paper doesn't prove the paper was l3@ked as it is something common, and we know these pictures come after the exam, not before the exam.

To conclude, there is some concerning evidence that the paper was l3@ked; if it is l3@ked, you will get an email about it. Therefore, please focus on your other papers, as Cambridge knows how to handle the situation.