The teenage millionaire hacker - BBC News

This is 19-year-old Santiago Lopez from Argentina.
He's the first millionaire bug-bounty hacker, which means he gets paid to find glitches in the software of some of the world’s biggest companies.
Mr Lopez made his money on the world’s biggest ethical hacking platform: HackerOne.
BBC News’ Joe Tidy has been to see how he spends the money.

[maheshacharya]

In India you are a hacker after you restart the phone and it starts working.

[elhugeo]

This guy is 19 & makes Computer Science graduates look like bugs.

[santicheeks]

I hope he doesn't hack my Minecraft server or my Roblox account

[kevinfoendoe]

1:40 "I don't like being your typical hacker." - wears a black hoodie

[alsokooniiee]

I thought he hacks into people's bank account via microsoft tech support

[victornderu]

Knowledge is power. Look at all that money for what he knows to do well.

[SpecificDietPlans]

He looks like a typical Vada Pav Chat guy from India.

[Trish_]

He is so simple and humble All that money does get into his head so grounded. All the best buddy .

[kattz]

This is the first time I've seen a news outlet be respectful to someone who spends most of their time in front of a computer, makes a lot of money, and is under the age of 25. Thank you for the good and respectful interview.

[immad]

When our Wi-fi goes out
Me: Unplug the router and plug it again
Wi-fi: Starts running again
My family: Wow... you are genious

[prashantkunder]

he found 1600 bugs, i killed around 10000+ bugs everyday.... so why this discrimination

[RishiKumar]

He should start his own Web Security Company.

[joshuaamberson]

He's an Ethical Hacker, not just a "hacker".

[DrVinylBcn]

The people can't understand how good person is this guy. He can earns a lot of money selling this bug's to bad companies and is not doing. I hope someday we can arrive to this etical society. With more people like him.

[Idiosyncraticjrr]

If this guy was Nigerian he will be doing his interview from a prison cell.

[muchadguy]

Reporter: Do you get excited by money?

No i get excited by being broke.

[dannystevens]

Millionaire and he rides around in a Peugeot.

[KyleShoeBoi]

That's simply amazing. He found his true talent and skill and thus became very successful. Imagine if his parents forced him to be a nurse or something else.. Glad it doesn't seem that way.

He's very humble and honest I respect this young lad.

[kaj]

I love how he is so honest. Like "i like money" instead of some morron that says he does it to help everyone and that money isn't important

[DeviatedDocs]

Seems like a nice guy with a really good talent that got him paid. Not like those god damn fake internet entrepreneurs who wear AirPods and try to help other people get ‘rich’ like them.