Ilya Glebov, 17 year old Student from the Murmansk region school who received around ₹2,00,000 from Vkontakte and ICQ reward for finding the vulnerability in the social network, has been invited to study at a prestigious university in St. Petersburg.
During the Unified State Exam preparation, he found the vulnerability in those social networks and reported it to the developers. Ilya didn't score much in his exam, he got only 69 points (max = 100 points) in mathematics because he was very fascinated with the search for vulnerabilities in the Internet. So, the bug that he found not only earned him a large amount of cash but also helped him to get into the University.
Danil Zakoldaev, the head of the Department of Computer System Design and Security said that Ilya has an inquisitive mind, and for 17 years old student he made serious research. The University understands the importance of his future education. They hope that Ilya can be a very high-caliber specialist after 4-5 years education.
According to the tradition of the University, Ilya wrote a letter with wish for the next six years education: "I don't know what to wish. But i want to become famous". Ilya wants to practice his profession in information security after graduation. He is sure that he has a talent for it. Ilya is interesting in Programming from secondary school.
- Christina
During the Unified State Exam preparation, he found the vulnerability in those social networks and reported it to the developers. Ilya didn't score much in his exam, he got only 69 points (max = 100 points) in mathematics because he was very fascinated with the search for vulnerabilities in the Internet. So, the bug that he found not only earned him a large amount of cash but also helped him to get into the University.
Danil Zakoldaev, the head of the Department of Computer System Design and Security said that Ilya has an inquisitive mind, and for 17 years old student he made serious research. The University understands the importance of his future education. They hope that Ilya can be a very high-caliber specialist after 4-5 years education.
According to the tradition of the University, Ilya wrote a letter with wish for the next six years education: "I don't know what to wish. But i want to become famous". Ilya wants to practice his profession in information security after graduation. He is sure that he has a talent for it. Ilya is interesting in Programming from secondary school.
- Christina
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