Ethical Hackers

Ethical hackers in India rewarded abroad, ignored at home: Attitude is changing though, say experts

It was a familiar tale for India's army of "ethical hackers", who earn millions protecting foreign corporations and global tech giants from cyber attacks but are largely ignored at home, their skills and altruism misunderstood or distrusted.

Indian hacker discovers Vine's source code; Twitter pays him $10,080 for his efforts

Indian bug-bounty hunter, Avinash got paid $10,080 (around Rs 6.8 lakh) for discovering that Vine’s source code was publicly available.

Google has spent $2 million in bug bounty rewards over three years

Google has announced that it has doled out $2 million in three years as rewards to security researchers for reporting more than 2,000 bugs using the Internet