A huge security vulnerability in Google's email service, Gmail, was discovered by an Israeli hacker who even received a payment for this discovery from the internet giant company.
The Israeli hacker discovered a flaw that could be used to obtain the email addresses of every user of Google's mail service
Indeed, he claims that he managed to find 37,000 Gmail addresses within about two hours. The trick he used to find the addresses, however, does not allow anyone to also find the passwords. Nevertheless, it leaves users exposed to spam, cyber attacks and, since it gives them their address on a platter… it lets them guess if they want the password as well.
Ooran Khafif, the Israeli hacker, informed Google about the security vulnerability he discovered, and she offered him a reward of $500.
Source: defencenet.gr
