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In the collective imagination, hacks evoke the image of a brain in the computer industry typing sophisticated lines of code on a screen. However, reality is not always like this. Every security device is as strong as its weakest link and the case of computing is no exception.

In many cases, the weakest link is the human factor. This is what happened to hacking Roblox, a popular platform with more than 100 million active users around the world that allows users to create their own video games to monetize them or share them with other users.

The cunning maneuver has been confessed by the hacker to the specialized portal Motherboard through a chat interview. To gain access to the data of 100 million people , the criminal decided to bribe an employee of the company's technical service.

In this way, he managed to access users' personal information, modify their passwords, disable two-step authentication services, alter personal data, and sell objects .

Far from hiding his maneuver, the hacker contacted the company that owns Roblox with the aim of claiming a reward for having discovered a vulnerability in their security systems.

However, the company was not satisfied with the hacker's maneuver and refused to pay him. In addition, they notified the problem to the affected users and reported their actions to HackerOne, a cybersecurity platform that is responsible for monitoring these types of threats .

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