Anand Prakash Explained

Anand Prakash
Birth Place:	Rajasthan, India
Occupation:	Ethical hacker
Education:	B.Tech Computer Science in VIT

Anand Prakash is an Indian ethical hacker and entrepreneur^{[1] [2]} from Rajasthan.^{[3] [4]} He is the Founder & CEO of PingSafe, which SentinelOne acquired.^{[5] [6]} He was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 2017 Asia list.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Early life and education

Prakash was born in Bhadra,^[10] Rajasthan, India.^{[11] [12]} He studied B.Tech Computer Science at Vellore Institute of Technology.^{[13] [14]}

Career

He started his career in 2014 as a security engineer at Flipkart.^{[15] [16]} After this, in 2016, he started a red teaming startup named AppSecure.^[17] Then, in 2021, another company named PingSafe was established, which was acquired in 2024 by American cyber security company SentinelOne for over $100 million.^{[18] [19]}

Notable works

• He found a bug in 2016 on Facebook^[20] which allowed the takeover of any account.^{[21] [22] [23]}
• He discovered a bug in Uber in 2017 that allowed anyone to take Uber rides for free.^[24]
• In 2018, he found a security flaw in Tinder, after which he was given a reward of .^[25]
• In 2019, he found a bug in Uber, after which he was given a reward of $6500.^[26]
• In April 2023, he found a "security flaw" in LinkedIn that could have led to deletion of any posts.^[27]

Notes and References

1. News: Indian techie discovers Uber bug, bags Rs 4.6 lakh reward . 2 April 2024 . . 16 September 2019 . en.
2. Web site: 2024-02-06 . Not an IITian, This Bengaluru Techie Sold his Company for USD 100 Million, Inspiring Tale of Anand Prakash . 2024-11-07 . Times Now . en.
3. News: Hackers for good: How Anand Prakash rescued Facebook . 2 April 2024 . Christian Science Monitor.
4. News: Laik . Rohan . The Bounty Hunter: This 22-year-old Flipkart employee is worth Rs 1.3 crore! . 3 April 2024 . . 11 March 2016.
5. News: Haranas . Mark . SentinelOne Buys PingSafe To 'Redefine Cloud Security' . 2 April 2024 . CRN.
6. News: Singh . Manish . SentinelOne acquires Peak XV-backed PingSafe for over $100 million . 2 April 2024 . . 8 January 2024.
7. News: 30 Under 30 Asia 2017: Enterprise Technology . 2 April 2024 . . en.
8. News: Shaikh . Shadma . Bengaluru boy finds Facebook bug, gets $15,000 for it . 2 April 2024 . . 9 March 2016 . en.
9. News: US company buys Bengaluru cybersecurity startup PingSafe for $100million . 3 April 2024 . . 11 January 2024.
10. News: Doshi . Vidhi . Meet the bughunters: the hackers in India protecting your data . 2 April 2024 . . 1 April 2016.
11. News: Singh . Tanaya . This Engineer Earned Rs. 1.2 Crore from Finding Software Bugs in Facebook and Twitter . 2 April 2024 . . 20 February 2016.
12. News: Not an IITian, This Bengaluru Techie Sold his Company for USD 100 Million, Inspiring Tale of Anand Prakash . 2 April 2024 . . 6 February 2024 . en.
13. News: Meet Anand Prakash — a white hat hacker who's earned bug bounties from Facebook, Twitter, and Uber . 2 April 2024 . . 25 February 2018 . en.
14. News: Notable Alumni . 2 April 2024 . Vellore Institute of Technology.
15. News: Meet Anand Prakash, one of India's best known 'white hat hackers' . 3 April 2024 . . 7 February 2018 . en-us.
16. News: INTERVIEW: This Indian Hacker Has Earned ₹2.2 Crore By Finding Bugs In Facebook, Twitter, And Other websites . 3 April 2024 . . 7 March 2017 . en.
17. News: This is where we are in Dubai: A local's guide from millennials and Gen Z . 2 April 2024 . . 18 March 2024 . en.
18. News: McDowell . Steve . SentinelOne Expands Unified Security Offerings With PingSafe Acquisition . 2 April 2024 . . en.
19. News: NYSE-listed SentinelOne acquires Bangalore-based startup PingSafe . 2 April 2024 . Business Standard.
20. News: Waugh . Rob . Hacker could get into ANY Facebook account using simple password trick . 3 April 2024 . . 8 March 2016 . en.
21. News: Brandom . Russell . Facebook paid $15,000 to close a bug that could unlock any user's account . 2 April 2024 . . 8 March 2016 . en.
22. News: Bengaluru Techie Rewarded $15000 By Facebook For Finding A Bug . 2 April 2024 . . 9 March 2016 . en.
23. News: Titcomb . James . Hacker reveals how he could take over any Facebook account and change its password . 3 April 2024 . . 8 March 2016.
24. News: Conger . Kate . Researcher finds bug that allowed free Uber rides . 2 April 2024 . . 4 March 2017.
25. News: This hacker was rewarded ₹4 lakh by Tinder and Facebook . 2 April 2024 . . 23 February 2018 . en-IN.
26. News: Indian Researcher Gets Rs 4.6 Lakh Reward For Discovering Bug In Uber App . 2 April 2024 . NDTV.
27. News: Indian researcher spots security flaw in LinkedIn . 2 April 2024 . . 20 April 2023 . en-IN.