2021/08/30 : Dennis Fisher writes a three-part series upon the evolution of bug bounties since they get birth. Here is the first part, talking about "the hackers who turned a niche idea into a worldwide ...Read more
2019/02/07: Swiss Post article about the publication of the source code for its e-voting system.Read more
2021/09/09 (in the Washington Post) : Reed Albergotti explains why ethical hackers are fed up with Apple's bug bounty program. Main reasons among others are the lack of communication, the confusion about payments and the long delays.
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2010/07/16 : "In an effort to enlist more help finding bugs in its most popular software, such as Firefox, Thunderbird and Firefox Mobile, Mozilla is jacking up the bounty it pays to researchers who report security flaws to $3,000."Read more
2010/01 : Google launches its Vulnerability Report Program which gives financial bounties to security researcher finding bugs.
"[B]ecause rewarding security researchers for their hard work benefits everyone. These financial rewards help make our services, and the web as a whole,...Read more
2010/01/29 : Dennis Fisher writes on the Google new program. It "will pay security researchers a $500 bounty for every security bug they find in Chromium, the open-source codebase behind the Google Chrome browser, as well as for bugs found in Chrome itself."
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