Hacker Q&A with Gowtham Ponnana
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Summary
A Q&A with 18-year-old researcher Gowtham Naidu Ponnana, Head of Security at crypto exchange Cryptoforce, on his path from a school phishing hack to a CVSS 10 account takeover.
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