Biography:Anand Prakash
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Anand Prakash | |
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| Alma mater | Vellore Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Ethical Hacker |
Works | CEO, Appsecure |
Anand Prakash is a Bangalore-based ethical hacker. He started his career as a security engineer in Flipkart in 2014.[1] He founded AppSecure,[2][3] a cyber security startup in May 2016. [4]
Prakash was featured in the Forbes "30 under 30 Asia" list.[4] In 2015, Facebook awarded him US$15,000 as bounty for logging in without an account. He received US$5,000 from Uber for booking a free ride and US$4,700 from Tinder.[5] He has also participated in bug bounties for GitHub, Nokia, Soundcloud, Dropbox and PayPal.[6]
Prakash completed his schooling in Bhadra, Rajasthan. In 2008, he moved to Kota to prepare for BTech entrance exams. He graduated in computer science from Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai.[7]
References
- ↑ Laik, Rohan (11 March 2016), "The Bounty Hunter: This 22-year-old Flipkart employee is worth Rs 1.3 crore!", The Economic Times, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/the-bounty-hunter-this-22-year-old-flipkart-employee-is-worth-rs-1-3-crore/articleshow/51357926.cms
- ↑ Whittaker, Zack (20 February 2019), "Uber fixes bug that exposed third-party app secrets", TechCrunch, https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/20/uber-third-party-apps-vulnerability/
- ↑ Christopher, Nilesh (30 September 2018), "Latest Facebook breach piles on India worries", The Economic Times, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/latest-facebook-breach-piles-on-india-worries/articleshow/66021716.cms
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Thomas, Anu (6 December 2017), "Following Uber, Zomato data breach, ethical hacker Anand Prakash has the key to avoid the next", The Economic Times, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/features/following-uber-zomato-data-breach-ethical-hacker-anand-prakash-has-the-key-to-avoid-the-next-hackerhive-appsecure/articleshow/61941715.cms
- ↑ Ghosh, Labonita (12 August 2018), "Ethical hackers in Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru are making a killing bounty-hunting bugs for tech firms", Mumbai Mirror, https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/finders-keepers/articleshow/65371132.cms
- ↑ Mehta, Ivan (7 March 2017), "INTERVIEW: This Indian Hacker Has Earned ₹2.2 Crore By Finding Bugs In Facebook, Twitter, And Other websites", Huffington Post, https://m.huffingtonpost.in/2017/03/07/interview-this-indian-hacker-has-earned-2-2-crore-by-finding-b_a_21874926/
- ↑ Sharma, Sriram (4 August 2017), "Anand Prakash, India’s bug bounty champ, wants to create a HackerOne rival", factordaily.com, https://factordaily.com/anand-prakash-bug-bounty-hackerhive/
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