Microsoft employee exploited a bug in the company’s e-commerce system that allowed him to generate $10million worth of Xbox gift cards sold over two years.As reported in Bloomberg, Volodymyr Kvashuk was hired at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington in 2017 as a junior engineer to test the company’s e-commerce infrastructure.This involved simulating payments on purchases on Microsoft’s online store with a “faux credit card” that would be flagged in the system to prevent physical goods being sent out.However, Kvashuk discovered a flaw where if he tested a purchase of Xbox gift cards, the system would generate a valid 25-digit code.
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