Kulgam: A techie from the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir has entered NASA’s ‘Hall of Fame’ after figuring out vulnerabilities resulting in knowledge breaches in its system. Twenty-two-year-old cybersecurity researcher Munib Amin Bhatt achieved this feat after making it to Apple’s ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2023 by reporting vulnerabilities in Apple programs. 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. Due to VDP tips, Munib can’t disclose the specifics of the exterior vulnerabilities within the NASA system. However, he talked about that it concerned delicate knowledge publicity.
Muneeb Amin Bhatt mentioned, “I was inducted into the ‘Hall of Fame’ by Apple in 2023. They allowed me to ethically hack their systems to investigate vulnerabilities and report them. They later validated and accepted my findings, adding my name to their ‘Hall of Fame’. Recently, I did the same for NASA, found some vulnerabilities, and reported them. NASA accepted my findings and inducted me into their Hall of Fame. I am extremely happy and proud to help security organizations secure their data.”
Over the previous few years, Muneeb has been working tirelessly, figuring out vulnerabilities in lots of organizations. For his efforts, he has acquired thousands and thousands of {dollars} in awards and recognition in numerous Halls of Fame. He has ethically hacked and secured many worldwide organizations, together with Oracle, McDonald’s, Intel, USAA, Indeed, and plenty of others.
“Many organizations around the world improve their security by calling on ethical hackers to help them keep their data safe. They have their own cybersecurity teams, but to ensure complete safety, they invite hackers to investigate their systems. That is why we are invited, and we investigate and report on vulnerabilities. I am extremely happy that my name has been listed in the Hall of Fame,” mentioned Muneeb Ahmad Bhat.
Muneeb is at present pursuing a Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) diploma from IGNOU, having began this after dropping out of a B.Tech program at a personal engineering school in Kashmir.
