1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, how Zendesk intentionally left a backdoor in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies
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1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, how Zendesk intentionally left a backdoor in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies - zendesk.md

hi, i’m daniel. i’m a 15-year-old with some programming experience and i do a little bug hunting in my free time. here’s the insane story of how I found a single bug that affected over half of all Fortune 500 companies:

  • Elvith Ma'forEnglish
    41·
    2 months ago

    I couldn’t help but find it amusing—they were now asking me to keep the report confidential, despite having initially dismissed it as out of scope.

    “Sorry, but per your own guidelines this is out of scope. Because of this, this bug is not part of the agreement and guidelines on Hackerone. You can find my full disclosure, that I wrote after your dismissal here: <Link>” /s

    • bjornsno@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      I mean, that still allows zendesk to reply with “oh yeah that’s also why we’re not paying the bounty”

      • Elvith Ma'forEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Well, they did it anyways, so…

        Also this might work as an answer to “yeah, it’s a bug, but we won’t pay you”