Instagram Hacker Plays the Hero: Pockets 'Four-Figure' Reward

An Instagram hacker elected to play the hero instead of the villain

Christian Lopez Martin, a self-identified freelance security researcher, published a blog post on Monday detailing how he was able to hack Instagram through the platform's web version in a way that would allow outsiders to gather users' private photos. Users who only used the mobile app would not have been at risk

Instead of abusing the bug, Martin brought his work to Facebook six months ago and reported it as part of the company's White Hat Program, which offers financial compensation to those who flag bugs in the code. An Instagram spokesperson says that no photos were leaked, and that the bug has since been fixed Read more...