As tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Google continue to expand their services and digital platforms, they conduct bug bounty programs for cybersecurity researchers to find critical bugs in their systems and services. If a researcher finds a vulnerability that can compromise the system, tech companies offer substantial monetary rewards. So recently, a 20-year-old Indian girl was awarded $30,000 (~Rs 22 lakhs) from Microsoft for finding an impactful bug in its Azure Cloud platform.
“While digging through several platforms, I found some vulnerabilities on MapMyIndia. I reached out to them and managed to get hired without even a graduation degree”, said Singh in an interview after receiving the Microsoft bug bounty.
