Batu69 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Kid finds a method to delete any content on Instagram Evidence of Janni receiving bug bounty reward from Facebook Facebook awarded a prize of $10,000 (€9,000) to a ten-year-old Finish boy named Janni after he discovered a security bug on Instagram that allowed him to delete any content he wanted. Janni reported the issue to Facebook at the end of February and received his bounty in March. To demonstrate his bug, Janni deleted a message on one of Facebook's test Instagram accounts. After receiving his reward, Janni is now Facebook's youngest security researcher who received a bug bounty. The previous record was 13. According to Finish newspaper Iltalehti, Janni learned the basics of coding and IT security from YouTube videos. Janni told the publication he planned to become a security researcher and that he would use the reward to buy a new bike, football gear, and new computers for his two brothers. At the end of March, Facebook fixed another Instagram bug that allowed attackers to gain control of any account. At the end of February, Facebook fixed one more issue in Instagram that enabled users to see someone else's notifications. The biggest Instagram hack took place last December, when a security researcher took control of the Instagram backend. The case didn't end well for the researcher, who didn't receive any monetary reward because Facebook considered he went too far with his "hacking" when trying to prove the danger of the bug he discovered. Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pc71520 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 12 hours ago, CODYQX4 said: It's be funny if he deleted everything. You never know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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