From 14-Year-Old Bug Hunter to Level 5 SRT Hero

In this episode of WE’RE IN, Josh Mason sits down with Sayaan Alam, a Level 5 Synack Red Team (SRT) member who started his hacking journey at 14 years old. Sayaan shares his story of how he became the second-youngest researcher onboarded to the SRT and how he climbed the ranks to become recognized on the Synack Acropolis.

Episode 71 of the WE'RE IN! podcast, hosted by Synack, titled "From 14-Year-Old Bug Hunter to Level 5 SRT Hero" was published on March 3, 2026 and runs 12 minutes.

March 3, 2026 ·12m · WE'RE IN!

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In this episode of WE’RE IN, Josh Mason sits down with Sayaan Alam, a Level 5 Synack Red Team (SRT) member who started his hacking journey at 14 years old. Sayaan shares his story of how he became the second-youngest researcher onboarded to the SRT and how he climbed the ranks to become recognized on the Synack Acropolis.

Episode Description

In this episode of WE’RE IN, Josh Mason sits down with Sayaan Alam, a Level 5 Synack Red Team (SRT) member who started his hacking journey at 14 years old. Sayaan shares his story of how he became the second-youngest researcher onboarded to the SRT and how he climbed the ranks to become recognized on the Synack Acropolis.

Timestamps:

00:54 Meet Sayaan: Starting Bug Bounties at 14

01:33 Joining the Synack Red Team (SRT)

03:18 SRT Onboarding Process

04:41 Climbing the Tiers: From Level 1 to Level 5

05:42 Why Synack is Different from Other Platforms

06:30 Improving Professional Pentesting Skills

06:58 Finding Patterns in Client Architectures

08:32 The AI Chatbot Vulnerability: SSRF Case Study

10:57 Remediation Advice for AI File Handling

11:58 Trends in AI Chatbot Security & Stored XSS

13:12 Thoughts on Sara: The Synack Autonomous Red Agent

14:29 How to Connect with Sayaan

15:07 Outro and Closing Remarks

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