Facebook bug could have ERASED the ENTIRE WORLD
Found on The Register on Friday, 13 February 2015
Software engineer Laxman Muthiyah has reported a dangerous vulnerability capable of deleting any photo from Facebook, prompting The Social NetworkTM to patch the hole within two hours and issue one of its biggest bug-spotting cheques ever.
Muthiyah published a proof of concept video detailing the vulnerability and received praise from industry for finding the bug.
You might wonder how big the "biggest bug-spotting cheques ever" was: $12,500 USD. He could have easily sold it for 10-100x the amount on underground markets. For something as critical as this, FB got lucky in exchange for some pocket change.