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Facebook pays $10,000 to a ten year old and reason is really amazing

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A Finland boy received $10,000 prize money from Facebook because he discovered a bug in the image-sharing social app, Instagram , which Facebook bought in the year 2012.

The little hacker, Jani, 10, had discovered a bug in the app, through which he could delete any comment.

He contacted the Facebook regarding this flaw by email. He even showed them live by deleting some comments, as a proof.

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Facebook fixed the bug in February and then paid $10,000 to the young hacker, who in a talk said “he wants to be a security researcher in future”.

He spent the prize money on a computer, a bike and a football gear.