He is 16. He broke into NEET and JEE portals to fix it

Key points

• At just 16, Rylen Anil is doing the kind of work that forces the government to sit up and take notice.
• Born and raised in Dubai, the Class 12 CBSE student recently identified and reported serious vulnerabilities in two of India’s most critical examination systems, NEET and JEE Advanced, within a span of just five days.
• Rylen is part of a small but growing group of young ethical hackers, including Nisarga and Sarthak, who have quietly exposed flaws in the country's education infrastructure and pushed authorities to confront uncomfortable questions.
• In a conversation with India Today, he spoke about how he discovered the vulnerabilities, the fears that came with reporting them, and why he believes labelling students like him as "anti-national" completely misses the point.
• Q: In the past five days you have done two ethical hacks, one at the NEET level and one at JEE Advanced....