10-year-old Finn received $ 10 thousand for an error on Instagram

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10, a one-year-old boy from Helsinki, Finland, became the youngest hacker to find an Instagram spot, for which he received the promised award in 10 thousand dollars from Facebook.

The vulnerability was the ability to delete user comments on Instagram. He reported the error by mail. As proof, he showed a problem with the test account.

Yani told reporters: “I can remove [the comment] of anyone, even Justin Bieber.”

In the future, the boy hopes to do research on vulnerabilities. Interestingly, he learned the basics of security by watching a video on a YouTube channel.

In 2015, Facebook paid 936 thousands of dollars to 210 researchers for 526 error messages. Previously, the youngest recipient was 13 years old.

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