Bengaluru ethical hacker finds uber bug giving lifetime of free rides, gets $5000 reward

Bengaluru ethical hacker finds uber bug giving lifetime of free rides, gets $5000 reward

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The bug as described by Prakash was that a user could create an account on their portal, start a ride and at the end of the trip, they can pay either by cash or credit/debit cards. But if


one tweaked the programming code and changed the payment method by replacing one part of the code with any other random characters, they would get the ride for free.