Nikhil Srivastava Portrait

Nikhil Srivastava

Nikhil Srivastava, known as niksthehacker, is ranked the #1 hacker in India on the Synack Red Team and was named a Synack Legend Hacker in 2021. Across more than 300 programs, he has helped over 400 companies, including Google, Microsoft, and multiple U.S. federal agencies, identify more than 2,000 vulnerabilities, earning recognition as one of Microsoft's Top 100 Hackers and RSA's Most Trusted Hacker in 2019. One standout Synack finding involved an SSRF vulnerability that exposed a private key from a hardened AI security application. He also founded BSides Ahmedabad in 2019 and now serves as VP of Global Information Security at Techdefence Labs.