Thursday, 5 March, 2026
Jaipur student Neeraj Sharma finds bug in Meta’s Instagram Reels, gets $49,500 reward
By Basit Ansari
<p>After identifying an important bug on Instagram Reels, Neeraj Sharma, a student from Jaipur received a reward of $45,000 and a $4500 bonus for the four-month delay in sending the reward. In December 2021, Neeraj found a bug on Instagram Reels that could potentially lead to millions of people getting their accounts hacked. On verifying the authenticity of the bug’s existence and sending a demo of it, he was rewarded with the windfall amount.<br />
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