Google fixes ‘Critical’ Gmail flaw, 14 year-olds’ Blog Shuts Down
The 14 year-old Anthony, who discovered a critical hole in Gmail, has had his blog site shut down.
The reason behind the shut down is yet not clear. It could possibly be because of the traffic caused or probably because of his inability to pay the bill.
Since the vulnerability was fixed quickly, it likely never was exploited in any attacks, the representative said.
Flaws in online services are found regularly. Last December, Google fixed a security hole in the mechanism it uses to generate error pages for forbidden redirects and pages that don’t exist on the Google Web site. The flaw opened the door to phishing scams, account hijacks and other attacks.
“We encourage all vulnerability reporters to follow responsible disclosure practices and notify vendors first before making the vulnerability public,” the representative said.
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