Facebook Paid $10,000 To A 10-Year-Old For Hacking Instagram (thenextweb.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Facebook has paid $10,000 to a 10-year-old hacker who discovered how one could hack into Instagram and delete comments made by users. Speaking to local publication Iltalehti, Jani said: "I would have been able to eliminate anyone, even Justin Bieber." The Finnish hacker just became the youngest person to receive cash from Facebook for hacking its products. The previous record was set by a 13-year-old back in 2013. What's funny is Jani isn't technically old enough to sign-up and use Facebook or Instagram, as it's supposed to be restricted to those under the age of 13. Jani found he could alter code on Instagram's servers and force-delete users' posts. This was confirmed by Facebook using a test account and patched in February, Facebook told Forbes. Facebook has received more than 2,400 valid submissions and awarded upwards of $4.3 million to over 800 researchers since the bounty program launched in 2011.

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Daddy must be good with computers.

[Anonymous Coward]

Sorry, but I just don't buy that a 10 year old found this. I would bet money that daddy or mommy is the one that found the issue and they submitted it through the kid to make the kid seem brilliant. Got the kid an instant 15 minutes of fame anyway.