A 5-year-old California boy found a way to get around his parent's security settings on the family's Xbox Live account.

Ocean Beach resident Kristoffer Von Hassel told ABC's local station in Southern California that he'd found a back door to one of the world's most widely-used gaming systems.

Now, even Microsoft officials are noticing the young whiz kid.

10News reported on Friday that Kristoffer's parents saw the youngster had been logging into his dad's account and playing games they'd previously limited for the adults.

"I got nervous," Kristoffer told the news station. "I thought he was going to find out."

The 5-year-old's father Robert Davies inquired after how Kristoffer had managed to access login information.

In a video shot just after Christmas 2013, Kristoffer can be seen showing his father the method.

The Ocean Beach boy demonstrated how he typed an incorrect password for his father's account when prompted. A password verification screen then popped up. Kristoffer proceeded to hit the space key, pressed enter and gained access to the account.

Davis, a computer security worker, said he was extremely proud of his son.

"How awesome is that!" Davies told 10News. "Just being 5 years old and being able to find a vulnerability and latch onto that. I thought that was pretty cool."

Kristoffer expressed his excitement at the find during an interview with 10News.

"I was like, 'Yeah!'" he said.

According to Davies, Kristoffer has demonstrated skills beyond his years in the past.

Kristoffer surpassed a lock screen meant to keep young children out of phones by holding down the home button at just one year old.

After receiving notification about the vulnerability, Microsoft created a fix and gave Kristoffer a shout out on the company's website.

"We're always listening to our customers and thank them for bringing issues to our attention," the statement read. "We take security seriously at Xbox and fixed the issue as soon as we learned about it."

Microsoft also awarded Kristoffer four games, a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live, and $50.