Grade 11 at GHS. I find security flaws, write code, and speak three languages. Ten industry certifications. Started when I was 11.
The short version.
I got into cybersecurity when I was 11. Since then I've been finding security flaws in real software and (sometimes) reporting them to the companies so they can patch things up. I've pulled in over $275,000 in bug bounties from places like Spotify and Netflix. I'm fluent in three languages and I can code in over 16 programming languages. Pretty much everything I know is self taught.
This stupid ass project has taken an entire fuckin' week to do can a website not have 5000000 errors?? like fuck
How it started and where it's going.
Found vulnerabilities in both Spotify and Netflix. Got paid $25,000 combined before turning 12.
Passed CompTIA Security+ and started collecting industry certifications while still in middle school.
Earned two of the toughest offensive security certifications in the same year.
One of the youngest people to hold the industry's top security management certification.
More certifications, more research, more projects. Not slowing down.
Things I've built and bugs I've found.
When I was 11 I found a flaw in Spotify that let anyone get premium for free. I built a tool called Spotigrade as a proof of concept and Spotify ended up paying me $10,000 to get it fixed. You can still find traces of it online if you search for it.
Found a similar flaw in Netflix around the same time. They were quick about it and paid out $15,000 to get it patched.
Teamed up with a group of independent researchers to find and take down multiple websites hosting child abuse material. We got results where bigger organizations couldn't and made sure the people running them stayed offline.
I'm currently "hacking" TVDSB. Their team is trying to find the who I am and how, while I keep it alive. This is a perfect example of how much is at risk, and how bad their security is.
10 industry certifications and counting.
Grouped by what they're used for.
Some stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else.