Ionut Cernica began his security journey through Facebookâs bug bounty program and quickly made a name for himself by responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities to major companies including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AT&T, eBay, and VMware. With over nine years of experience in web application security and penetration testing, he has built a solid reputation in both offensive and defensive security research. Beyond bug bounty, Ionut is a seasoned CTF competitor, having participated in over 100 security competitions worldwide. He has represented the PwnThyBytes team in high-profile finals such as Codegate, Trend Micro, and DEF CON. Among his individual accomplishments, he won the mini CTF at the very first edition of AppSec Village at DEF CON. Currently, Ionut is an Application Security Engineer at UiPath, where he focuses on product security and AI security research.