Microsoft responded “We’re always listening to our customers and thank them for bringing issues to our attention. After he showed them, Davies contacted Microsoft to let them know about the security problem. After he had 'exploited the security hole', Hassel's parents found him playing the restricted video games and sternly asked him how he gained access. Eventually, he found a back door security glitch that allowed him first to enter the wrong password, then in the following screen to enter a series of spaces to unlock the system. Hacking initiative Īfter wanting to play his father's video games but having parental blocks preventing it, five-year-old Hassel tried hacking into the Xbox Live system by trying different combinations of passwords. When the media started covering Hassel in early April 2014, he was enrolled in Kindergarten.
Hassel is the son of Robert Davies, who works in computer security, and Jill Nyahay.
