10-year-old hacks Instagram, gets $10,000 for his troubleMay 4, 2016 - 15:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A 10-year-old boy has been given $10,000 after spotting a bug on image-sharing app Instagram, Digital Spy said. Jani, from Finland, became the youngest ever recipient of Instagram's "bug bounty" prize. The glitch he discovered let him delete other users' comments. He reported it to Instagram owner Facebook, which awarded him the prize after verifying and then fixing the bug. It's all the more impressive given that, according to the site's policy, Jani won't even be old enough to join Instagram until he's 13. Jani told Finnish newspaper Iltalehti (via BBC News) that he would spend the money on a new bike, football equipment and computers for his brothers. So at least he's sharing the wealth. Facebook has reportedly paid $4.3 million in bug bounty prizes since 2011. The scheme acts as an incentive to hackers to improve the social network's services, instead of selling the hacks on the black market. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |