A 16 Years Boy Found A Massive Mistake In NASA’s System

In a remarkable story that highlights talent, perseverance, and passion beyond age or background, A16-year-old young boy, Yuvraj Gupta, a student from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, has made the nation proud. He identifying a serious security flaw on NASA’s website. His discovery was so brilliant and useful for NASA that they not only acknowledge him but also included him in the hall of fame.

The Flaw That Shocked NASA

Yuvraj, a Class 11 student at Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College, Damodar Nagar, was participating in NASA’s bug bounty programme In which every individual was instructed to find flaws in NASA’s system. In this program tech experts and cybersecurity enthusiasts have participated but were not able to find flaws in NASA’s system but Yuvraj did it.

Yuvraj found a critical flaw in the subdomain of NASA through which cybercriminals could have send multiple emails to an individual through NASA’s website. This flaw could have lead to massive misinformation spread, scams and could have damage the reputation of one of the biggest company of the world NASA.