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Shocking! Instagram HACKED! Researcher hacked into Instagram Server and Admin Panel - ★ Eugtique ★ - Dec 18, 2015
Ever wonder how to hack Instagram or how to hack a facebook account? Well, someone just did it!But, remember, even responsibly reporting a security vulnerability could end up in taking legal actions against you.
An independent security researcher claims he was threatened by Facebook after he responsibly revealed a series of security vulnerabilities and configuration flaws that allowed him to successfully gained access to sensitive data stored on Instagram servers, including:
Source Code of Instagram website
SSL Certificates and Private Keys for Instagram
Keys used to sign authentication cookies
Personal details of Instagram Users and Employees
Email server credentials
Keys for over a half-dozen critical other functions
However, instead of paying him a reward, Facebook has threatened to sue the researcher of intentionally withholding flaws and information from its team.
Wesley Weinberg, a senior security researcher at Synack, participated in Facebook's bug bounty program and started analyzing Instagram systems after one of his friends hinted him to a potentially vulnerable server located at sensu.instagram.com
The researcher found an RCE (Remote Code Execution) bug in the way it processed users’ session cookies that are generally used to remember users' log-in details.
Source: http://geekthe.net/2015/12/18/shocking-instagram-hacked-researcher-hacked-into-instagram-server-and-admin-panel/
* - root.localhost - Dec 18, 2015
What's funny is your own website is just as vulnerable because its shetpress.
* - ★ Eugtique ★ - Dec 18, 2015
(Dec 18, 2015 09:14 AM)root.localhost Wrote: What's funny is your own website is just as vulnerable because its shetpress.
Yes I know..
* - Great Prosperity - Dec 18, 2015
Holy shit he could have become a billionaire with such insider information for instagram marketing
* - Scar . - Dec 18, 2015
(Dec 18, 2015 10:11 PM)Rise To The Top Wrote: Holy shit he could have become a billionaire with such insider information for instagram marketing
This, he had endless possibilities to get thousands of dollars easily. What a shame.
* - -Apache- - Dec 18, 2015
Tell em to pass over those files :D
Grats to him doe
* - axtrom - Dec 20, 2015
Hopefully this guy is like the hacker from Mr. Robot and leaves something in as a joke :D
* - dfdrog - Dec 20, 2015
He should of made an ebook and sold his method on HF 🤣
* - Bluffer - Dec 20, 2015
They could've made him rich and hired him on but instead they have to be assholes? I hope he fucks up their site.
* - blurise - Jan 25, 2016
Article deleted, so it was just bullshit?
* - fisher9000 - Jan 25, 2016
He had the opporrtunity and did the "right" thing. Screw that
* - smhman - Jan 25, 2016
He should of took some insane usernames and verified himself. I would have took my first name and verified myself, LOL.