[telecom] 5-year-old Ocean Beach boy exposes Microsoft Xbox vulnerability

5-year-old Ocean Beach boy exposes Microsoft Xbox vulnerability

Michael Chen Apr 7, 2014

OCEAN BEACH - A young Ocean Beach boy is in the spotlight after he discovered a back door in to one of the most popular gaming systems in the world.

When 5-year-old Kristoffer Von Hassel is playing his Xbox, his feet don't touch the ground. But something he did has made the smartest guys at Microsoft pay attention.

"I was like yea!" said Kristoffer.

Just after Christmas, Kristoffer's parents noticed he was logging into his father's Xbox Live account and playing games he wasn't supposed to be.

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