Lalith Kumar

@sama

Some People Said, "You're too young to achieve this". But they never saw the story behind. It's been 7055 days since I was born. And I always wonder what I've done so far. Because I always feel there's something I still need to do and this is the only thing that keeps pushing me forward. This is not something I wanted to show, but just felt like writing it out. Because people always assume that mine is pure luck. Here it is, how all it started back in my 8th grade[Year: 2018] Backstory: Me and my brother used to play @ClashofClans so heavily(kinda addicted) and I shared my gmail account to some unknown friend of mine so that he can continue playing this game as I need to prepare for the exams. And as expected, he changed the password, thus leading me here. Age 12: Started Learning about #Hacking Age 13: Wrote first “Hello World” program in C. Age 14: Hacked into my Computer Teacher’s gmail account. Age 14: Won 2nd Prize at Science Fair competition for “Hacking Project: Social Engineering” Age 15: Hacked into India’s Top School systems exposing over 30L+ student details. Age 15: Failed #CEH (Cried a lot lol 😂) Age 15: Started doing #bugbounties Age 16: Moved out of my hometown for better opportunities. (Also education) Age 16: Passed #PNPT but didn’t get certified due to some reasons. (Got banned) Age 16: earned my first $XXXX bounty Age 17: Slowly started focusing in Web3 Age 17: Made my first $10,000+ via Bug Bounties in almost a year. [Thanks to @immunefi & @HackenProof ] Age 17: Got my First Job [ Quick story: hacked into the company —> reported to the COO @rahulparikh94 —> COO offered a job if what I'm claiming is real and asked to prove it in-front of the tech team —> Done —> Joined the Company ] Age 17: Top Researcher of Hackenproof @2022 Age 18: Hacked into a “Hacking Company” - Top #Web3 Security Firm Age 18: Found a critical bug at Crypto-Exchange, securing over $400m-$500m in value. [ CVSS: 10.0 ] Age 18: Gave First Talk at @nullhyd Age 18: Hacked into Two Biggest E-Commerce Companies which are making a yearly turnover of around $10,00,000+ each. [Update: Sealed a private auditing deal with one of the company and working as security advisor & closely in talk in another company for better relationships] Age 19: Gave Talk at DEFCON Delhi(@dc_9111 ) on Web3 Security Age 19: Joined @TECHFUND as Security Researcher [Web3] Age 19: Gave Talk at Lovely Professional University on Web3 & Web3 Security And still a lot to do more. Should really thank to all the people who supported me right from the beginning i.e from my parents, teachers & friends to all the executives ie. COOs, CEOs, Employees that I've worked with and special thanks to my first mentor @nullshock1 for your early support and current mentors @0xSmit @RealJohnnyTime @MitchellAmador @0xrudrapratap and others for your constant support and guidance. More importantly, I'm blessed to have some real friends like @LexiLominite @IamRenganathan @cyberzyro1 @BhalgamaVedant who sticked with me right from the beginning. Love you guys! [NOTE]: There are still lots of people to whom I owe for their support throughout. I'll always strive to give my very best in whatever way I can. Regards, Gowtham Naidu Ponnana #infosec