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		chris_wot on May 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PayPal denies teenager reward for finding website ... Emailing the link http://paypal.com is NOT something you'd generally give a bug reward for. Like shooting fish in a barrel.

twistedpair on May 28, 2013 [–]

Hmmm... which they redirect to the https:// site. How do you hack this exactly? MITM before the redirect?

chris_wot on May 28, 2013 | [–]

The bug is actually the man himself, who uses PayPal.

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