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Facebook pays 10-year-old $10,000 for finding Instagram security flaw



Plenty of tech companies are offering very generous rewards to those who manage to find security loopholes in their networks — just ask 10-year-old Jani, who isn’t even old enough to have an Instagram account but still managed to hack the social media network. His reward for doing so? A cool $10,000.

The Finnish boy uncovered a flaw in the network that essentially allowed him to delete any comment on Instagram. “I would have been able to eliminate anyone,...

Facebook pays 10-year-old $10,000 for finding Instagram security flaw

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