Whitehat

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  Amazon Academy to Shut Down Less Than Two Years After Launch as Edtech Firms Face Post-Pandemic Challenges

  Amazon Academy will be shut down in the country, the company said on Thursday, without citing a reason. The service was launched last year amid a boom in virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on an assessment, the ecommerce giant said in a statement that it had made the decision to discontinue Amazon Academy "in a phased manner to ta...

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  Government Warns Ed-Tech Companies Against Unfair Trade Practices

  The government on Friday warned ed-tech companies against unfair trade practices in India. The consumer affairs secretary in a meeting with industry body Indian Edtech Consortium (IEC) said that stringent guidelines would need to be worked out for ensuring transparency if self-regulation does not curb the unfair trade practices in the sector. The m...

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  Byju’s Lays Off 500 Workers at WhiteHat Jr, Toppr; Sacked Employees Claim Number Higher

  Byju’s announced on Thursday that it has laid off less than 500 workers at WhiteHat Jr and Toppr, as part of efforts to recalibrate its business priorities and accelerate long-term growth. Meanwhile, sacked employees have claimed that 1,100 staff had been retrenched at Toppr alone. The employees also claimed that they got a call from the company ...

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  800 Reportedly Quit Over Return to Office at Edutech Firm WhiteHat

  In emails sent to its employees on March 18, WhiteHat Jr asked them to return to office within a month.

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  Critical Vulnerability in Polygon Network Fixed, Native MATIC Coins Worth $24 Billion Saved

  Earlier in December, a bug crept into Polygon’s network’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Genesis contract, making it vulnerable to cyber risks. The issue was spotted by whitehat hackers after which the Polygon foundation deployed fixes.

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  Government Issues Advisory Against Ed-Tech Companies in India, Urges Citizens to Use Caution

  The Indian government has issued an advisory to citizens urging the use of caution against ed-tech companies. The advisory comes months after reports suggesting lucrative behaviour of ed-tech companies including Byju’s surfaced online.

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  WhiteHat Jr Exposed Data of Over 2.8 Lakh Students, Teachers Due to Multiple Vulnerabilities: Report

  WhiteHat Jr, a popular online coding platform for young kids, exposed personal data of over 2.8 lakh students and teachers due to multiple vulnerabilities that existed in its servers until the middle of November, according to a report. The platform have fixed the issues after it was informed by a security researcher.

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  WhiteHat Jr Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Critic Pradeep Poonia: Report

  IIT alumnus Pradeep Poonia released a series of tweets earlier this month, sharing internal slack chats from WhiteHat Jr among other things. Poonia alleges that the teachers aren’t trained enough, and lack sufficient knowledge to teach the students who sign up for the program about coding. WhiteHat Jr has dismissed these claims and asked for $2.6...

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  For Some Indian Tech Companies, COVID-19 Has Been an Opportunity

  As Ola, Uber Zomato, and Swiggy announce mass layoffs to adopt a leaner business strategy, companies like WhiteHat Jr, Gamerji, and Mirrorsize are actively hiring and have significantly grown their business.

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  India Leads Facebook's Bug Bounty Program on Payouts and Participation

  Indian security researchers have received a total of Rs. 4.8 crores from Facebook's Bug Bounty program, the company said.

• Find glitches on Facebook, get paid

  Expose the glitches in security network of Facebook and get rewarded for it too, says the social networking site, which has already paid USD 40,000 (over Rs 18 lakh) in the past three weeks to those who have done it. Facebook has launched its 'bug bounty' programme a few weeks ago, where it offers to pay for disclosure of security bugs to the compa...