rahul hunts night days returns hours trawling internet others fix lucky spots elusive glitch allows cyberpunk access closed facebook group worse engineering student chennai files report company collects handsome cash prize finds mention radclyffe hall fame facebook paid february finding api application programme interface bug says rahul promptly spent essentials food phone internet bills ethical hacking become lucrative hobby india young developers pupil last couple years eer since big companies comparable google facebook opened purse strings germ bounty programmes indian companies following suit allowing anyone penetrative testing sit apps accompany paytm lead off programme around six months ago olacabs launched one week flurry activity comes wake hackers publicly channelize security flaws ola zomato gaana companies allegedly respond reports breach happens brand name company gets affected honourable hackers welcomed says amol naik vulnerability researcher field years trusting someone pull off app order free meals deface website fun easy multinationals especially us turned many black hat hackers friendly white hats promises cash rewards honourable mentions hall celebrity free merchandise united airlines recently gave away one million free miles air journey two hacker pointing defects hemipteran bounty programme r vignesh kumar bounty hunter tamil nadu makes bones days everyone starts says kumar learnt ropes oppose res publica many cyber war googled hack instruct linux started identifying vulnerabilities used fun realized deface websites pointless says kumar two years ago came across bug bounty programmes channeled energies earn google facebook fact indians identified largest number valid bugs last two geezerhood facebook pay up average reward programmes mean ethical hackers get work bugs free fourth dimension society get application audited smart idea across humankind many college students get meet platform calling pranav venkat aim enter hall fame big facebook microsoft google yahoo twitter become obsession since knew society would rent fresher security expert says venkat achieved exploit information security psychoanalyst software company although west benefited trend red indian firms far rejected even threatened white chapeau hackers south indian multiplex operator respond rahul email said able approach server venkat reported bugs mnc offers direction consultancy us office acknowledged report electronic mail local officer called remind done tests without permission generally help americanindian language receptive sound out venkat engineer thejesh g n promulgated malicious code apparently used airtel spy users got legal notice israeli firm owned code used copyright laws shut aver thejesh indian companies realized ca check everything gaana responded quickly programmer reported api issues made possible know songs hearing server id get laid says thejesh paytm wallet marketplace security issue contract users keep finding issues says saurabh vashishtha paytm get responses day programme one two reports week point genuine emerge belittled bugs fetch k rupees upper limit rewards adds ola minimum reinforcement r ceiling possible bounty shubham paramhans developer spotted microbe earlier version ola app says companies get bounty programmes others get serious security tough competition indian market everyone hurry make product launch without perfecting says many websites hacked according indian computer hand brake response team hunting season indeed upon usa