In this photograph taken on December 13, 2016, an employee of Indian IT security solutions company Innefu Labs works at their offices in New Delhi. In the darkened offices of a tech start-up, a handful of computer engineers sift through a mountain of intelligence data that would normally be the work of a small army of Indian security agents. / AFP PHOTO / SAJJAD HUSSAIN / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: India-Technology-Security-Cyber, FOCUS by Megha BAHREE
Kanishk Sajnani did not receive so much as a thank you from a major Indian airline when he contacted them with alarming news – he had hacked their website and could book flights anywhere in the world for free.
It was a familiar tale for India’s army of “ethical hackers”, who earn millions protecting foreign corporations and global tech giants from cyber attacks but are largely ignored at home, their skills and altruism misunderstood or distrusted.
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