Five-year-old discovers Xbox password flaw

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Microsoft has rewarded a five-year-old boy with free games after he discovered a serious flaw in Xbox Live's password system.
Kristoffer Von Hassel, from San Diego, stumbled upon a way to log into his dad's Xbox account without needing the password - simply by tapping the space bar.
Enter an incorrect password and Microsoft's site would load a second password verification screen - it was this that he simply filled with space bar presses to gain entry into the account.
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