<p><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/kristoffer_von_hassel.jpg" alt="Cropped Images Apr 9th 2014" /> <B>Produce companies and retailers beware</b> – there’s a first grade hacker on the loose…literally! Kristoffer Wilhelm von Hassel, a five year old in California, recently discovered a security flaw on his father’s Xbox One gaming console, causing some security researchers at Microsoft to turn their heads - or at least look down. You might want to double check your systems to make sure he’s not targeting fruits and veggies next… ;)<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Imagine waking up one morning to find out your new top secret apple project is now in the hands of a five year old. Candy apples for everyone! What if you’re a retailer? Do you really want your data to be seen and used by a kid? Have you <I>seen</i> how they play with toy cars and Lego blocks?<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><iframe width="500" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/VUxgcHydhcI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">All jokes aside, <B>this isn’t Kristoffer’s first time breaking through security</b>. If you’re not sweating bullets yet, buckle your seatbelts. According to ABC News, Kristoffer was able to access his father’s account simply by typing in a bad password, which led to a password verification screen. After that, all he had to do was hit a few space keys, then enter, and voila – he was in. And I thought I was being sneaky just by grabbing cookies from the cookie jar as a kid.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">ABC News also reports that when Kristoffer was one year old, he was able to get past the toddler lock on a cell phone just by holding down the home button. Now that’s dedication. His father, who works in computer security, was impressed by his son’s tech skills. “He’s figured out vulnerabilities 3 or 4 times,” he said.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Eventually, Microsoft came up with a solution for the vulnerability and acknowledged the boy on its website in a list of security researchers that helped make the company’s online services more secure. Microsoft also gave him four games, $50, and a year-long subscription to Xbox Live. Lucky!<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">So the next time you’re about to go to sleep at night, you might want to check up on your company’s security systems one last time. You might be reporting to a five year old the next morning… </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
