Uttarakhand native Nikhil Srivastava is now member of a group of software professionals based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, who are identifying security glitches in websites and applications and reporting them, earning dollars in return.
Having completed his primary education from a school in Nainital and passing his Class XII examination from Haldwani, Srivastava went on to complete his graduation from Rajasthan Technical University. A security researcher and an ethical hacker by profession, he tests the security and identifies bugs in websites,applications and software systems. He has successfully reported severe security bugs across giant companies that includes Google, Yahoo,PayPal, Microsoft, Apple, Nokia and others.
Srivastava started his career as a bug hunter in 2013 when he found a security bug in Nokia and was also rewarded for the same. He is also listed among the top 100 researchers of the world by Microsoft as per the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC). His family member state that this was a major achievement of his and matter of considerable pride for them because only four Indians are reported to have made it possible to mark their presence in the MSRC.