Read about some of these bug finders in this article.
It allowed people to be discovered online after they had turned off their Facebook messenger service.
He was paid 33,000 by Facebook for this discovery.
I do this work to protect data.
If it were just for money Id do it for companies with fewer users.
Im concerned about user privacy and I am a user myself.
I care about keeping data safe.
Bug bounty hunting is an emerging sport in developing countries like India.
They earn around 1-1.5 lakh rupees (1000-1500) a month without leaving their bedrooms.
To get a job in an expanding population of 1.25billion in India can be tough.
Bounty-hunting schemes offer an easy way for young Internet enthusiasts to make a living.
They cant get a job, so they learn this.
Although Tyagis own motivations for hacking is little different.
Its about getting an appreciation from the giants of the world, he says.
Hacking requires a curious and creative mind.
And you have to keep learning every day, because the technology is changing so quickly.
Like many other big names on the Indian hacking scene, Tyagi comes from a modest background.
I was the first in my town to get a computer.
I started on Windows 98.
When he was a teenager, his knowledge of computers got him the reputation of a local techie.
People used to invite me to their homes to install Windows XP.
Theyd give me food and sweets in exchange, he says.
For them it was a big thing that I knew so much about computers.
My first hacks were experimental.
Curiosity kept me going.
In the last few decades, Indian entrepreneurs and immigrants have been forerunners in the tech sector.
Also, the countrys telecommunications infrastructure was weak and underdeveloped until recently.
Academics have quoted one explanation for Indias success in the IT sector, which is the governments non-interventionist approach.
With some assistance from the government, Indias cyber security sector could grow even faster argues Prakash.
The Indian government hasnt understood how big our potential is when it comes to hacking.
The most talented hackers are Indian, the highest number of bugs are reported from here.
We need to cultivate that talent.
Imagine having the power to hack into someones bank account and steal a million dollars, he says.
And imagine saying no.
In the ICU the technology [one hospital] was using was a cloud-based machine, he explains.
I hacked it, I found vulnerability and I shut it down.
Thats the future of cyber attacks.
Theyll breach our security, well breach theirs, he says.
Getting access to confidential information can destroy peoples lives.
Source:The Guardian
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