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Guru3D.com » News » 5 year old uncovers Microsoft Xbox password vulnerability

5 year old uncovers Microsoft Xbox password vulnerability

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/05/2014 08:16 AM | source: | 15 comment(s)
5 year old uncovers Microsoft Xbox password vulnerability

A boy is in the spotlight since he discovered a backdoor in the Microsoft Xbox. When 5-year-old Kristoffer Von Hassel is playing his Xbox, his feet don't touch the ground. But something he did has made the smartest guys at Microsoft pay attention.

“I was like yea!” said Kristoffer.

Just after Christmas, Kristoffer's parents noticed he was logging into his father's Xbox Live account and playing games he wasn't supposed to be.

“I got nervous. I thought he was going to find out,” said Kristoffer.       

In video shot soon after, his father, Robert Davies, is heard asking Kristoffer how he was doing it.

A suddenly excited Kristoffer showed Dad that when he typed in a wrong password for his father’s account, it clicked to a password verification screen. By typing in space keys, then hitting enter, Kristoffer was able to get in through a back door.

Kristoffers' father, who works in computer security, was one proud papa. His first reaction? "How awesome is that!" Davies said. “Just being 5 years old and being able to find a vulnerability and latch onto that. I thought that was pretty cool.”

It's not the first time Kristoffer has flashed his tech skills.

“He’s figured out vulnerabilities 3 or 4 times,” said Davies.

At age 1, Kristoffer got past the toddler lock screen on a cell phone by holding down the home key.
            
Four years later, he took aim at the Xbox One.            

Father and son reported the bug to Microsoft.

“I thought someone was going to steal the Xbox,” said Kristoffer.
 
Microsoft has come up with a fix and acknowledged Kristopher on their website in a list of security researchers that have helped make Microsoft online services more secure.

In a statement, Microsoft said, "We're always listening to our customers and thank them for bringing issues to our attention. We take security seriously at Xbox and fixed the issue as soon as we learned about it."
 
Kristoffer will receive four games, $50 and a year-long subscription to Xbox Live from Microsoft. He also knows what he now wants to be when he grows up: a gamer. His dad is leaning toward something in computer security.







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#4794616 Posted on: 04/05/2014 04:43 AM
I bet this is actually an NSA 'backdoor' put in my MS, so if they confiscate your xbox, they'll be able to get in easily if you dont give your p-word to them so they can see all your terririzor links to Al-kinda-but-not-really-associatedness. Thats if the waterboarding doesnt force you to give up your password first*



*Please note: That was sarcasm.

Id be more concerned if the father was using the xbox's ki***ic as a form of photo-password and the kid got into his dads account that way. Now that'd be an interesting headline: "Boy shows xbox his willy - gets free games".

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#4794618 Posted on: 04/05/2014 04:50 AM
The should of gave him a ps4

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#4794644 Posted on: 04/05/2014 08:39 AM
Great story....not sure about the 'feet not touching the ground" part but great nevertheless. Smart kid.

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#4794652 Posted on: 04/05/2014 09:00 AM
should of


should have

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#4794655 Posted on: 04/05/2014 09:29 AM
The should of gave him a ps4


should have


They
should have
given
him a
PS4
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but where's me right to learn him to talk proper :3eyes:

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