Kulgam: A techie from the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir has entered NASA’s ‘Corridor of Fame’ after figuring out vulnerabilities resulting in information breaches in its system. Twenty-two-year-old cybersecurity researcher Munib Amin Bhatt achieved this feat after making it to Apple’s ‘Corridor of Fame’ in 2023 by reporting vulnerabilities in Apple techniques. Munib was additionally honored with an award by Apple for his contributions.
Muneeb, a resident of Zungalpora village in Kulgam, South Kashmir, reported his findings underneath NASA’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP). This program facilitates the notice of in any other case unknown vulnerabilities to the US company. As a consequence of VDP pointers, Munib can’t disclose the specifics of the exterior vulnerabilities within the NASA system. Nonetheless, he talked about that it concerned delicate information publicity.
Muneeb Amin Bhatt mentioned, “I used to be inducted into the ‘Corridor of Fame’ by Apple in 2023. They allowed me to ethically hack their techniques to analyze vulnerabilities and report them. They later validated and accepted my findings, including my title to their ‘Corridor of Fame’. Lately, I did the identical for NASA, discovered some vulnerabilities, and reported them. NASA accepted my findings and inducted me into their Corridor of Fame. I’m extraordinarily blissful and proud to assist safety organizations safe their information.”
Over the previous few years, Muneeb has been working tirelessly, figuring out vulnerabilities in lots of organizations. For his efforts, he has acquired hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in awards and recognition in varied Halls of Fame. He has ethically hacked and secured many worldwide organizations, together with Oracle, McDonald’s, Intel, USAA, Certainly, and plenty of others.
“Many organizations all over the world enhance their safety by calling on moral hackers to assist them preserve their information protected. They’ve their very own cybersecurity groups, however to make sure full security, they invite hackers to analyze their techniques. That’s the reason we’re invited, and we examine and report on vulnerabilities. I’m extraordinarily blissful that my title has been listed within the Corridor of Fame,” mentioned Muneeb Ahmad Bhat.
Muneeb is at present pursuing a Bachelor of Pc Purposes (BCA) diploma from IGNOU, having began this after dropping out of a B.Tech program at a non-public engineering faculty in Kashmir.
