Mega Vulnerability Reward Program Starts Payouts: 7 Bugs Fixed In First Week

Posted by timothy on Sunday February 10, 2013 @12:19PM from the paid-in-bitcoins-of-course dept.

An anonymous reader writes "If you're a hacker or a security researcher, this is a reminder that you don't have to take on Google's or Mozilla's software to get paid for finding a bug. In its first week, the Mega vulnerability reward program has already confirmed and fixed seven bugs, showing that Dotcom really does put his money where his mouth is. Although Mega hasn't shared how much money it paid out in the first week, how many bug submissions were made, or even who found which bugs, the company did briefly detail the discovered security holes. It also confirmed that the program is here to stay and urged those participating to find more severe bugs."

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doesn't stop there by frovingslosh · 2013-02-10 13:43 · Score: 0, Redundant

What great news, And there are competitions sponsored by China, Iran and North Korea to find bugs like this too.

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