ONLY 10 years could not even use Instagram, and yet he did it by finding even a security hole. And for this he was awarded. Code and video games for Jani have no secrets and, despite the ban for children under 13 years old, the boy geek Helsinki not only joined the social network photo, but also managed to locate a platform bug that allowed him to February to delete some comments. A ” hacking ” which earned him the reward of $ 10,000 (about 9000 euro), provided by the owner network, Facebook, for anyone who reports such problems. ” I could erase anyone, even Justin Bieber ”, said Jani to Italehti newspaper, telling of deal by two years of programming along with its twin, with the dream of becoming a professional in the field of information security. Passion that the young shares in Network with tutorial videos posted on YouTube. But no one would have expected a company like this, not even the classmates and the father who was somewhat surprised said, admitting among other things to consider the company a world apart: ” For me it is greek ” , told the Finnish newspaper. Facebook, which in 2011 paid a total of $ 4.3 million to the ” bug hunters ”, said that Jani is the youngest to have participated with success of the program ” bug bounty ”. The Mark Zuckerberg’s social network is not the only company to provide contributions for those tests the vulnerability of computer systems: Microsoft and Google also pay researchers able to bring home a result that improves the services.
- Topics:
- bug bounty
- bug
- security
- Starring:
- Jani
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