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{{Short description|Cybersecurity researcher based in Hyderabad}}

'''Sai Krishna Kothapalli''' is a [[Computer security|cybersecurity]] researcher based in [[Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hackers target Indian government websites, redirect users to IPL betting sites|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/hackers-target-indian-government-websites-redirect-users-to-ipl-betting-sites-10650591.html|access-date=2023-06-11|website=Moneycontrol|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Life behind the firewall: What it’s like to be an ethical hacker today|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/life-behind-the-firewall-what-it-s-like-to-be-an-ethical-hacker-today/story-n7OZEk8heyt0BJ9Km1kiUI.html|access-date=2023-06-12|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

== Professional career ==
Through an initiative named ''[[Bug bounty program|Bug Bounty]]'', he assisted the [[IIT Guwahati|Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati]], in establishing a bounty for [[ethical hacker]]s to improve its [[Computer security|cybersecurity]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Standard|first=|title=IIT-Guwahati launches programme to boost cybersecurity|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/iit-guwahati-launches-programme-to-boost-cybersecurity-117070601235_1.html|access-date=2023-06-17|website=www.business-standard.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

In several data breaches, according to Kothapalli, several employees of sensitive organisations including the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation]], [[Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research]], and [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] had their official email credentials stolen.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Researcher finds email accounts of top government officials ‘compromised’|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/researcher-finds-email-accounts-of-top-government-officials-compromised/article61638417.ece|access-date=2023-06-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In 2016, he reported a severe cyber security vulnerability in the state-owned telecom [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited]] (BSNL) which contained vital details about every BSNL employee and was later resolved by BSNL<ref>{{Cite web|title=BSNL cyber security could have been fixed two years ago|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/opinion/columns/story/bsnl-cyber-security-could-have-been-fixed-two-years-ago-248146-2018-03-06|access-date=2023-06-12|website=Business Today|language=en}}</ref>

In 2020, Kothapalli was able to see, change, and erase the classified personal information of thousands of patients across India.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Another Indian pharmaceutical giant reports cybersecurity breach within two weeks of ransomware hack on Dr Reddy’s|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/lupin-reports-cybersecurity-breach-within-two-weeks-of-ransomware-hack-on-dr-reddys/articleshow/79061065.cms|access-date=2023-06-12|website=Business Insider}}</ref>

In 2021, he detected a vulnerability in the National Voters Service Portal (NVSP) through which hackers could get phone numbers associated with [[Election Commission of India]]-registered voter IDs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFF explains: An Election Commission vulnerability that could expose your phone number!|url=https://internetfreedom.in/ec-vulnerability-ph-number/|access-date=2023-06-12|website=Internet Freedom Foundation|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Researcher finds security flaw in voter database|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/researcher-finds-security-flaw-in-voter-database/article37965460.ece|access-date=2023-06-12|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Sai Krishna Kothapalli is a [[Computer science and engineering|Computer Science and Engineering]] graduate from IIT Guwahati.<ref name=":1" /> He had worked with the [[Government of Telangana|Telangana government]] as well as other government organisations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Researcher Found Loophole by Which to Send SMSes From Government IDs|url=https://www.gadgets360.com/internet/news/government-sms-security-loophole-fake-messages-2447780|access-date=2023-06-12|website=Gadgets 360|language=en}}</ref>

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