[quote]A five-year-old boy who worked out a security vulnerability on Microsoft's Xbox Live service has been officially thanked by the company. Kristoffer Von Hassel, from San Diego, figured out how to log in to his dad's account without the right password. The boy worked out that entering the wrong password into the log-in screen would bring up a second password verification screen. Kristoffer discovered that if he simply pressed the space bar to fill up the password field, the system would let him in to his dad's account. Kristoffer's name now appears on a page set up to thank people who have discovered problems with Microsoft products. The company also gave him four free games, $50 (£30), and a year-long subscription to Xbox Live.[/quote] No bad, not bad at all.