http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/monendra-sahu-raipurs-ethical-hacker-in-googles-security-hall-of-fame/articleshow/24115217.cms
By Smita Mainkar
TNN
14 Oct, 2013
RAIPUR: He hacked some of the most secured internet networks existing on
world wide web and got rewarded by his targets. Monendra Sahu, a young
mining engineer from National Institute of Technology (NIT-Raipur) has the
distinction of hacking websites of Microsoft, Google, Nokia, Blackberry,
Yahoo and many others and is now listed in the " Security Hall of Fame".
Under the on-going Bug-bounty programme being run by various social
networking sites, search engines and other websites, hackers are
encouraged to look for security vulnerability of their websites. Ethical
hackers such as Sahu are rewarded by enlisting them in the hall of fame.
Google in its current quarter list has ranked this Raipurian on the 11th
spot in world.
Sahu has been rewarded by some of these websites, which have paid him sums
of $100 to $20000.
Advising caution to internet users, Sahu said, "There are websites which
are highly vulnerable and can easily be hacked. I informed them about the
loopholes in their security systems. After they verified my claims, they
included me in the list."
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