1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, how Zendesk intentionally left a backdoor in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies
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hi, i’m daniel. i’m a 15-year-old with some programming experience and i do a little bug hunting in my free time. here’s the insane story of how I found a single bug that affected over half of all Fortune 500 companies:

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    22 days ago

    At the end of the day tens of thousands for companies is a small price to pay for something that could cost millions. As bonus this person now has a foothold in big companies. Sounds like a great way to get a well paying job.

    • Lvxferre@mander.xyzEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Yup. And that’s specially great as the boy is just 15, so he’s starting his career really early.