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Tesla Rewards Hackers With Bug Bounty

Posted by samzenpus on from the here's-a-few-bucks dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Tesla Motors is offering up to $1,000 to anyone who uncovers security issues on its website. Forbes reports that the program is not yet available for its vehicles however. Using a security crowdsourcing company called Bugcrowd, researchers have found 22 bugs for Tesla so far. A statement on the Tesla Bugcrowd page reads in part: "We are committed to working with this community to verify, reproduce, and respond to legitimate reported vulnerabilities. We encourage the community to participate in our responsible reporting process."

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  1. up to $1K by turkeydance · · Score: 5, Insightful

    or down to nothing.

    1. Re:up to $1K by schlachter · · Score: 3, Insightful

      yeah, will never happen with their cars. way too much risk.

      never understood why companies don't pay out big $$ for these bugs. has to be worth way more than $1K to them.

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  2. Riiiiiiiight. by mongothesecond · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They want to pay "hackers" less than pen testers, with ambiguous escrow or payout deadlines, and trust that all vulnerabilities found are reported, or reported well. What could possibly go wrong.

  3. Tesla insults hackers with bug bounty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    $1000 for applying highly specialized skills? UP TO?