Instagram pwned by 10-year-old Finn Jani -- Facebook pays $10,000
Instagram hacked by Jani, so Facebook gave him $10,000 because of his white-hat stylee. Also, it's good PR to be seen to reward a 10-year-old proto-researcher.
Facebook paid the bug bounty to the pseudonymous kid from Finland for a vulnerability that could allow anyone to delete any comment, anywhere on the Instagram service. Zuckerberg's crew figured that was a serious problem, which demands a lot more than their usual derisory $500 token.
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