Current Affairs - Persons - Discussion

Zonel Sougaijam, a 22-year-old engineer from Manipur was awarded $5000 by Facebook for detecting a WhatsApp bug that violated the privacy of a user. Mr. Sougaijam detected that during a voice call through WhatsApp, the bug used to allow the caller to upgrade it to a video call without the authorization and knowledge of the receiver. Mr. Sougaijam's name is currently at the 16th position in a list of 94 people, in the 'Facebook Hall of Fame' for this year.