Hacker Anand Prakash showed Uber how anyone could have hacked into the system and got a free ride. He even took permission from Uber Team and took free rides in United States and India and wasn’t charged from any of the payment methods. And the total bug bounty prize money Anand has received from Uber? $13500 […]

Hacker Anand Prakash showed Uber how anyone could have hacked into the system and got a free ride.

He even took permission from Uber Team and took free rides in United States and India and wasn’t charged from any of the payment methods.

And the total bug bounty prize money Anand has received from Uber? $13500 (this bug was $5000, Anand says) ! (heck! Anand earlier hacked Facebook and received $2500 bounty prize).

Checkout the hack video (made with permission from Uber after the team has fixed the issue).



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