5-year-old hacks Xbox, now he's a Microsoft 'security researcher'

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247465/5_year_old_hacks_Xbox_now_he_s_a_Microsoft_39_security_researcher_39_

By Zach Miners
IDG News Service
April 4, 2014

A 5-year-old San Diego boy has been commended by Microsoft for his 
security skills after finding a vulnerability in the company's Xbox games 
console.

Kristoffer Von Hasssel's parents noticed earlier this year that he was 
logged into his father's Xbox Live account and playing games he was not 
supposed to.

He hadn't stolen his father's password. Instead, he stumbled upon a very 
basic vulnerability that Microsoft is said to have now fixed.

After typing an incorrect password, Kristoffer was taken to a password 
verification screen. There, he simply tapped the space bar a few times, 
hit "enter" and was let into his father's account.

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