Facebook Will Pay Anybody Who Can Hack Its Site and Find Bugs

By Jane Gracielo, on August 31st, 2011%
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Facebook is ready to pay anybody who effectively hacks into its site and locates bugs.

It has paid out over $40,000 under its latest “bug bounty”, which requests professional security researchers and hackers to send it the details of some Facebook susceptibilities that they uncover, Facebook formerly said.

Joe Sullivan, Facebook Chief Security officer wrote in a blog post, “We’ve already paid a $5,000 bounty for one really good report.  One person has already received more than $7,000 for six different issues flagged.”

According to Facebook, Researchers from over 16 countries have . . . → Read More: Facebook Will Pay Anybody Who Can Hack Its Site and Find Bugs

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Facebook’s Bug-Hunter Program Pays Over $40, 000

By Jane Gracielo, on August 30th, 2011%
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The bug-hunter bounty program of Facebook has paid out over $40,000 in only three weeks.

The company opened the program at the starting of this month, assuring $500 for every susceptibility disclosed-more on exceptional cases.

According to the company, it has had to deal with bogus statements from people who were just looking for advertising but has had some more authentic bug statements.

Joe Sullivan, chief security officer said on the security blog of the company, “It has been fascinating to watch the roll-out of this program from inside Facebook.  First, it . . . → Read More: Facebook’s Bug-Hunter Program Pays Over $40, 000

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