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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