Kashmiri techie makes it to NASA’s ‘hall of fame’

A techie from Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir has entered NASA’s ‘Hall of fame’ after he identified data breach vulnerabilities in their system. Muneeb Amin Bhat, a 22-year-old cybersecurity researcher, earned the reward along with making it to Apple’s Hall of Fame” in 2023 as well after reporting vulnerabilities in their system. Hailing from Zungalpora village in South Kashmir’s Kulgam, Muneeb reported his findings under NASA’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP), which facilitates the US agency’s awareness of otherwise unknown vulnerabilities. As Muneeb is bound by the VDP Guidelines, he cannot disclose the specifics of the external vulnerabilities in the NASA System. Although, he says it did involve sensitive data exposure.