HELSINKI (Notimex) .- A Finnish 10-year-old discovered a security vulnerability Instagram, the social network where images are shared, and as a result received a reward of $ 10,000.
the child, identified as Jani, discovered the security breach last March and notified Instagram via email, in which he said that the error is that you can delete the comments made by users from another account.
“I have checked with malicious code that can remove comments from others. Had been able to remove comments from anyone, including Justin Bieber, “Jani told the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti.
safety engineers of the social network Facebook, which owns Instagram, created a test account for test the theory Jani and corroborated vulnerability, so they responded to the child that the fault had been corrected.
Facebook gave Jani $ 10,000 with what became the youngest winner of the “rewards for mistakes” of the company, which provides financial incentives for security professionals to avoid selling the information on the black market.
Jani, who dreams of a career as a security expert , said the newspaper plans to buy a new bike and team football and computers for their brothers.
for several years, this remarkable child has been a gaming enthusiast coding and interested in security of information, began analyzing the video platform YouTube and then focused on finding “holes” around cyberspace
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