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5-year-old Boy discovers Microsoft Xbox Password Bypass vulnerability

A 5-year-old San Diego boy managed to hack one of the most popular gaming systems in the world, Xbox and has now been acknowledged as a security researcher by Microsoft. Microsoft awarded the junior security researcher with some cool games, $50 bugs, a one-year free subscription to Xbox Live and listed his name on their website among other security researchers. Microsoft issued a statement, “We’re always listening to our customers and thank them for bringing issues to our attention. We take security seriously at Xbox”

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/04/5-year-old-boy-discovers-microsoft-xbox.html

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