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Re:Facebook rewarded a 10-year-old for finding Instagram sec... by rajangdavis on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @07:58PM (#11625203)
Off topic, but I once found a Magento SQL database backup from going to a robots.txt page for a company that I will not name. I told them how I was able to get to this file and laid out the other vulnerabilities with their site set up. I had access to all of their customer emails, all of their admin logins, encrypted passwords, and salts. Was able to find git credentials and a whole swathe of information that shouldn't be available...

They fixed the issue pretty fast, but what bugs me is that I didn't get a thank you. I wasn't looking to gain anything, but I figure telling someone that their site is exposed warrants some gratitude.

Re:Facebook rewarded a 10-year-old for finding Instagram sec... by asimuvPR on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @08:12PM (#11625263)
That's why I:

- Stopped reporting anything that is not an issue in the source code of an open source project. I do so in their mailing lists or issue tracker.

- Began to treat random internet bug reports with kindness and gratitude.

Re:Facebook rewarded a 10-year-old for finding Instagram sec... by ashitlerferad on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @01:41AM (#11626463)
Thanks for being excellent!
Re:Facebook rewarded a 10-year-old for finding Instagram sec... by dogma1138 on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:44AM (#11628254)
I reported an xss in HP's pronq fortify login screen without getting as much as a thank you.

Fortify on pronq is their SAAS application security scanner for those who were wondering.