A
10-year-old hacked Instagram so
Facebook gave him $10,000
Before he even reached the age requirement to make a
Facebook account, a
10-year-old found a major flaw in
Instagram, earning him a cool
,000 from Facebook.*
Jani (his parents withheld his last name, figured out a way to get into Instagram's servers and delete text posted by
Instagram users, Finnish news site
Iltalehti reported.
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Jani was rewarded
,000 by
Facebook as part of its bug bounty program, which offers cash rewards to people who find bugs and flaws in Facebook's digital infrastructure. That includes the Facebook-owned Instagram.
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