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Security researcher Mark Litchfield is $24,000 the richer after discovering three vulnerabilities involving Yahoo! Stores and hosted websites. The three vulnerabilities were fixed by Yahoo! after Litchfield alerted the internet giant through its bug bounty programme. The first and most serious of the vulnerabilities opened up …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    trolling the pic

    Eastwood still to this day hasn't been replaced as a believable cowboy. I hope Hollywood has a plan of attack for the typical Cowboy role, because everyone else has fallen short, especially the ones that clearly go out of their way trying to replace him.

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    1. Britt Johnston
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      Re: trolling the pic

      Cowboy films have been replaced by space odysseys - old hat on new icon, Patrick Stewart?

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      1. Fungus Bob
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        "Patrick Stewart?"

        No effin' way! The Man With No Name would chew him up and spit him out like limp Space Jerky.

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        1. Mark 85
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          I would think "Space Cowboys"... oh wait... Eastwood was in that one...

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  2. Florida1920
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    Only $24k

    We're all lucky there are honest people like Litchfield out there. Imagine the pile of bling he could have obtained otherwise.

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    1. Mark 85
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      Re: Only $24k

      Some people have a conscience and can sleep knowing that they have either made the world a better place, or have helped someone. So yes, the good guys deserve more but I suspect to them this isn't about money.

      I won't go into miscreants since they are lower on the food chain than pond scum.

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