Over the past year, Facebook has paid around 2.2 million (2 million euros) to hackers who reported flaws in its software, the company announced on
In the past year, Facebook has paid about 2.2 million (2 million euros) to hackers who reported flaws in its software, the company announced on its website. That is, doubling compared to the end of 2018: in these years, Facebook is still at 1.1 million dollars.
Many large companies to detect hackers with good intentions, and for bugs and vulnerabilities, and for reporting, using the so-called ” bug bounty program. Security researchers can with a certain amount of money for a risk or high-impact vulnerability is found and visited.
Facebook launched in 2011 with a program. The company has earned a total of $9.8 million over the past few years to ethical hackers and researchers who uncover security flaws in Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or any of the other services the company provides in the field.
the reported error was worth an average of $1,500. The largest amount of money went in 2019 to the researcher, which is an incorrect error message, which can lead to accidental data leaks. He received $65,000 for that.
Updated date: February 8, 2020, 12:00 p.m
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: newstars.edu.vn