Rituraj from Begusarai claims to have discovered a potential bug in Google, which the search engine thinks could have led hackers to successfully attack its security and needed to fix.

Rituraj Chodhary, a second year student of IIIT-Manipur, claimed that as a "passionate bug hunter", he reported the potential vulnerability to the company, which acknowledged the threat and awarded him a place in its list of researchers.

"In cybersecurity parlance, a bug is graded on a scale of to P0. When a bug is discovered, it is graded . A bug hunter is required to take it to P0 level, that means full vulnerability. The organisation concerned asks bug hunters to report these stages, so they could fix the loopholes," Rituraj said, adding that in his case, he successfully took the threat level measuring P2 on the scale.

"The loophole could be enough to allow hackers to breach in and get access to the data and compromise with the privacy associated to it," he said, adding that Google acknowledged the bug and is in the process to fix it.

"Though I have been still working on the problem, the company in appreciation of my service, awarded me a place in its list of researchers," he said. Rituraj said he would be entitled to monetary benefits from the company, if he succeeds to get it to the P0 level.

The families & relatives very appreciated for this work.