Camille Hismatullin discovered a serious vulnerability in the management of YouTube, which can be used to delete all clips from this video hosting
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The study of the operating principle of this Web site he engaged in the contest Vulnerability Research Grants, which holds Google is to search for bugs in their products (a kind of competition hacker ideas). Google has estimated the works of 22-year-old programmer in a few thousand dollars. According to his confession, he wanted to remove the channel Justin Bieber. Details of the story, he described in his blog.
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Kazan test the application programmer YouTube Creator Studio, which allows you to manage content, upload new videos, respond to user comments and more. The results of his work he presented in the form of video tutorials titled “How do I delete any videos on YouTube», transmits lenta-kazan.ru.
Camille found that using the code of your own Internet connection session from YouTube can be remove any video, even without their login on this resource.
Hismatullin notes that at the headquarters of Google, when he sent a report on the vulnerability was early morning, but the answer came surprisingly quickly. For his labors programmer received the award in the amount of more than six thousand dollars, writes kazan.mk.ru.
“In general, I spent on studies of six or seven hours, of which about two hours I fought the urge to clear the channel Justin Bieber “- joked Hismatullin.
As a result, the vulnerability has been fixed, and the company has paid a premium to Russian experts. One commentator blog Khismatullina considered worth more than modest. Hismatullin admitted that he was right and said it expects to earn 15-20 thousand, and even wanted to file a complaint with Google. However, having studied the rules of the program Vulnerability Research Grants, concluded that the company transferred him to the maximum award.
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