5歲男童發現微軟遊戲漏洞 獲獎4款遊戲和50美元

A 5-year-old San Diego boy has outwitted the sharpest minds at Microsoft - he's found a backdoor to the Xbox.

Kristoffer Von Hassel managed to log in to his father's Xbox Live account. When the password log-in screen appeared, Kristoffer simply hit the space button a few times and hit enter.

Robert Davies tells KGTV-TV that just after Christmas he noticed his son playing games he supposedly couldn't access.

Davies, who works in computer security, says he reported the issue to Microsoft, which fixed the bug and recently listed Kristoffer on its website as a "security researcher."

A Microsoft statement says "we take security seriously" and thanks customers for highlighting issues.

It's not the Kristoffer's first triumph. At a year old, he bypassed a cellphone toddler lock by holding down the "home" button.

Notably, the Xbox One was only rolled out to 13 countries in its first phase of roll-out. In March, Microsoft finally announced the next-phase of roll-out. Starting September 2014, 26 new markets will get retail availability of the Xbox One console, including India. For now, pricing details and exact launch dates have not been disclosed.

Making the announcement via a post on the official Xbox blog on Tuesday, Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi said, "It's time to ensure even more fans around the world can enjoy Xbox One. So today we're proud to share that it will be available in 26 additional markets in September this year. We'll have much more to share at a local level towards the end of April, so stay tuned."

Full list of 26 new countries in September phase of Xbox One global roll-out: Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia , Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and UAE.

【新聞快訊】

據外媒報道，近日，美國5歲男孩哈斯爾意外發現微軟雲端遊戲平臺Xbox Live的安全漏洞，無須輸入正確密碼便可進入父親的Xbox Live賬戶，父親將這一漏洞報告給了微軟。男孩獲得微軟的正式感並贈送4款遊戲，以及爲期1年的Xbox Live服務作爲禮物。

哈斯爾打算登入父親的Xbox Live賬戶時，發現只要先輸入錯誤密碼，等到第2次跳出密碼認證畫面時，一直按空格鍵填滿輸入密碼的字段，便可登入。

哈斯爾發現漏洞時大喊了一聲“耶！”但成功登入後開始緊張，一方面怕爸爸發現，也擔心別人利用漏洞竊取數據，於是把事情告訴父親。

哈斯爾的父親羅伯特本身是一名計算機安全專家，他將漏洞回報給微軟公司。微軟接獲報告後立即修復漏洞，並將哈斯爾的名字加入感謝專頁和安全研究人員名單。