News: 5-year-old boy exposes major Xbox Live security flaw

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News: 5-year-old boy exposes major Xbox Live security flaw

Added: 04.04.2014 14:35 | 0 views | 0 comments

Gets $50, four games and a year of XBL Gold as a thank you.

News: 5-year-old boy exposes major Xbox Live security flaw news

Kristoffer Von Hassel realised that he could bypass the Xbox One's security and log in to his dad's account simply by entering an incorrect password and filling the password verification screen with spaces.

"I was like yea!" Kristoffer told ABC 10 News, adding that he "got nervous" when he thought his father – who works for a computer security firm himself – would find out.

Microsoft is since said to have fixed the flaw.

"We're always listening to our customers and thank them for bringing issues to our attention," Microsoft said in a statement. "We take...