Student legally hacks airline and earns $300,000 of miles

Georgia Tech engineering student Ryan Pickren has turned his knack for computer hacking into a lucrative side-career. He's now the number one most successful contributor to United Airlines' Bug Bounty Program, which rewards hackers with frequent flyer miles for finding security flaws in their website.
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[@AlexSmith-gr4hp]

This was a feel good story except for the getting arrested for a harmless and humorous prank. People need to lighten up and look at motive.

[@nepalihercules]

imagine if he was black, he'd definately get 15 years.

[@ladhkay]

Go yellow jackets!!!