SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 5-year-old San Diego boy has outwitted the sharpest minds at Microsoft — he’s found a
backdoor to the Xbox.
Kristoffer
Von Hassel managed to log in to his father’s Xbox Live account. When
the password log-in screen appeared, Kristoffer simply hit the space
button a few times and hit enter.
Robert Davies tells KGTV-TV (http://bit.ly/1hmrTan ) that just after Christmas he
noticed his son playing games he supposedly couldn’t access.
Davies,
who works in computer security, says he reported the issue to
Microsoft, which fixed the bug and recently listed Kristoffer on its
website as a "security researcher."
A Microsoft statement says "we take security seriously" and thanks customers for highlighting
issues.
It’s not the Kristoffer’s first triumph. At a year old, he bypassed a cellphone toddler lock by holding
down the "home" button.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 5-year-old San Diego boy has outwitted the sharpest minds at Microsoft — he’s found a
backdoor to the Xbox.
Kristoffer
Von Hassel managed to log in to his father’s Xbox Live account. When
the password log-in screen appeared, Kristoffer simply hit the space
button a few times and hit enter.
Robert Davies tells KGTV-TV (http://bit.ly/1hmrTan ) that just after Christmas he
noticed his son playing games he supposedly couldn’t access.
Davies,
who works in computer security, says he reported the issue to
Microsoft, which fixed the bug and recently listed Kristoffer on its
website as a "security researcher."
A Microsoft statement says "we take security seriously" and thanks customers for highlighting
issues.
It’s not the Kristoffer’s first triumph. At a year old, he bypassed a cellphone toddler lock by holding
down the "home" button.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.