Remember Nisarga Adhikary? He made waves after finding flaws in CBSE’s Online Submission of Marks (OSM) portal in May this year. Nisarga has now added yet another feather to his cap.
This time, the 19-year-old Gen-Z cybersecurity researcher has been named in the US Department of Justice (DoJ)’s Hall of Fame for cybersecurity. The acknowledgement came after he discovered a major flaw in one of DoJ’s systems, Nisarga told India Today
That's not all; he has also reported vulnerabilities to the US Military.
Nisarga told the publication that he discovered a "critical vulnerability" in one of the DoJ's largest law enforcement systems. The young cybersecurity researcher did not provide more details on what kind of flaws he found or which system had it.
But the DoJ looked into the matter after he sent his findings report, Nisarga noted. “I reported the vulnerability roughly a week ago; they validated and patched this within a week and credited me on their Hall of Fame/ acknowledgements page."
The 19-year-old took to X to share the screenshot from the DoJ’s acknowledgements page that named him in the list of “researchers who have responsibly disclosed valid vulnerabilities” to the department.
Take a look.
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