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$20,000 bug

A British security researcher received a $20,000 reward from Facebook after uncovering a security bug that allowed him to take over someone else’s Facebook account.
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A British security researcher received a $20,000 reward from Facebook after uncovering a security bug that allowed him to take over someone else’s Facebook account. Jack Whitton found the exploit allowed him to reset a user’s password via text message and could have compromised millions of profiles. http://bit.ly/1cFqXwp
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