The hilarious reason Slack bought this man a hamburger
The emoji for "hamburger" obviously shows a picture of a cheeseburger.
Just look at this:
Matt Weinberger
While some Business Insider staffers thought the yellow patch might be mustard, the angle definitely suggests cheese.
This issue was first identified by Jon Hendren, a man who works in marketing for a startup called Scriptrock, but is perhaps better known by his popular Twitter account "@fart."
hey @SlackHQ i have found a very important bug in your software. :hamburger: is obviously a cheeseburger. please fix. urgent
- jon hendren (@fart) May 8, 2015
Slack security engineer Ryan Huber responded to Hendren's bug report with the confirmation that this was a serious security issue, since it means that Slack users could accidentally promise to buy one another a hamburger, but end up on the hook for a pricier cheeseburger.
"One might argue that the compound effect of this blunder could result in tens of dollars of losses across Slack's userbase," Huber wrote.
In exchange for pointing out this issue, Slack paid out a bounty of $12.50, enough for Hendren to buy "a reasonably priced hamburger or cheeseburger."
You can see the full exchange on Twitter below:
I'd like to thank @fart for his work in uncovering a serious issue with @SlackHQ. pic.twitter.com/YeJ9vKbyP8
- ryan huber (@ryanhuber) May 8, 2015
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