Paul Reuben, A 9 Year Old Hacker Boy



BENGALURU: Usually kids of age of 9 try to live up their fantasy lives as much as they can with their friends and family and never giving a second thought to the real world. Reuben Paul, who is a third-grader is already an accomplished hacker, app developer, cybersecurity expert and not surprisingly, CEO of a game development firm, Prudent Games, according to indiatimes.com.

Paul, was the youngest attendee of Ground Zero Summit 2015, which is a meeting of cybersecurity experts and researchers. While Paul wants to become a "good cyberspy", the venue was teeming with experts who have already earned their stripes. The four-day summit that has brought together an army of experts started at The Ashok Hotel with an address by the chief guest, Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

Drawing attention to the new threat of radicalization through social media, Singh said cyber security experts should try to stop it. He described the Worldwide Web as the "fifth dimension of security" and pointed out that busting cybercrime is difficult as it involves locations across the world, different languages, cultures and legal frameworks. One of the hackers said on condition of anonymity that he had started out by hacking his college's system to know his grades in graduation.

Harsh Shah, who is another hacker had hacked his college's Wi-Fi and IT systems to block access to social media. Inderjeet, an ethical hacker, said he had found a security flaw in the online passbook printing tool of a bank. Jiten Jain, CEO of Indian Infosec Consortium, which organizes the summit, said their objective is to have all the hackers and cyber experts under one umbrella for research on the country's cybersecurity.

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