A 10 year old hacker left experts amazed with her discovery on the flaw
in mobile phones. Read on to know how she cracked the nut.
"A 10-year-old hacker has left experts amazed by finding an old-age security flaw in many mobile games.
Going by the handle CyFi, she found that advancing the clock on a
tablet or phone could, in many games, open a loophole that can be
exploited, reports the BBC.
CyFi discovered the bug after getting bored with the pace of farming games and seeking ways to speed them up.
Many farm-based games force players to wait hours before they can
harvest a crop grown from virtual seeds. As a result CyFi, who has not
revealed her real name, started fiddling with the clock on her handset
to see if she could produce crops more quickly.
While many games detect and block clock-based cheating, CyFi found
ways round these security measures. Disconnecting a phone from wi-fi and
only advancing a clock by small amounts helped to open up the loophole
as it forced the game into a state not tested by its original creators.
CyFi's discovery has since been verified by independent security
researchers. The exploit has been found to work in versions of games for
both Apple and Android gadgets. The hacker presented her findings at
the DefCon hacker conference held in Las Vegas."
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