Microsoft and Facebook Launch Internet Bug Bounty Program

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft and Facebook today jointly launched a new initiative called the Internet Bug Bounty program. In short, the two companies are looking to secure the Internet stack by rewarding anyone and everyone who hacks it, and responsibly discloses vulnerabilities they find. The minimum bounty for hacking any component of the Internet is $5,000."

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Mistake

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

The minimum fine for hacking any component of the Internet is $5,000

There, fixed that for you.

Didn't you know? Hacking has become a criminal activity that sends you to court nowadays...

in a strange twist of fate

[nimbius]

today two companies I despise, microsoft and facebook, came together to offer me not a job with dental and health benefits, but what most would conclude is a pittance for securing something as arbitrary and vast as "the internet."

the black market on the other hand offered to pay handsomly a years salary for my exploit that breaks microsoft embedded security in appliances like ATM's and nuclear reactors, thereby recognizing and acknowledging my important work in the field of security. Until such time as megacorps get their milton freeman head out of their ayn rand arse, im inclined to sell to the highest bidder because $5000 bounties dont pay my mortgage.