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PayPal Reviewing Qualifying Age For Vulnerability Rewards

Posted by Unknown on from the break-it-before-you-can-use-it dept.

itwbennett writes "In follow-up to 17-year old Robert Kugler's claim that PayPal denied him a bug bounty because he was under 18, the company now says that it is 'investigating whether it can lower the qualifying age for vulnerability rewards for those who responsibly report security problems.' The company also said that the vulnerability had already been reported by another researcher — although they didn't mention that in the email to Kugler telling him he wouldn't be receiving payment."

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  1. The message: by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When you're young, don't report the bug to the company in question or the authorities, report it to those that can make "good use" of them. Not only do they not have any problem with you being underage, you being underage also means you most likely won't be doing time if you get caught.

    It's just so win-win...

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