{"id":8910,"date":"2016-05-04T16:36:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T20:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=8910"},"modified":"2016-05-04T16:36:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T20:36:47","slug":"facebook-pays-10000-to-10-year-old-for-finding-instagram-flaw-that-allowed-comments-to-be-deleted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2016\/05\/04\/facebook-pays-10000-to-10-year-old-for-finding-instagram-flaw-that-allowed-comments-to-be-deleted\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook pays $10,000 to 10-year-old for finding Instagram flaw that allowed comments to be deleted"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rob Thubron<\/a> | TechSpot<\/a><\/p>\n

You have to be at least<\/a> 13 years old to have an account on Instagram<\/a>, but this didn\u2019t stop one 10-year-old Finnish boy from exposing a vulnerability in the Facebook-owned photo-sharing application and winning $10,000 for his work.<\/p>\n

Helsinki-based Jani (his parents didn\u2019t reveal his last name) discovered that he could erase any written content on Instagram by altering code on its servers. Facebook told Forbes<\/a> that he verified this by deleting a comment the company posted on a test account.<\/p>\n

The Facebook<\/a> spokesperson added that the problem came from a private application program interface not properly checking that the person deleting the comment was the same one who posted it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tested whether the comments section of Instagram can handle harmful code. Turns out it can\u2019t. I noticed that I can delete other people\u2019s comments from there,\u201d Jani told Helskini-based newspaper Iltalehti<\/a>. \u201cI could have deleted anyone\u2019s \u2013 like Justin Bieber\u2019s for example.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook\u2019s bug bounty program rewards people who identify and report security issues. In the five years since it launched, it has paid<\/a> $4.3 million to more than 800 researchers for over 2400 submissions. Instagram was added to the program in 2014.<\/p>\n

Payouts vary based on the level of risk a bug poses. Considering the average reward last year was only $1780, Jani\u2019s $10,000 shows that Facebook regarded it as a fairly high-level threat.<\/p>\n

Jani, who learned his skills by watching YouTube<\/a> instructional videos, is now the youngest person to receive a reward from the program, beating the record set<\/a> by a 13-year-old back in 2013. He said he plans to buy a football and new bicycle with some of the money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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