Tens Hacker of
Thousands of Dollars
Given by Facebook
dailycom, dozens of people
from various
countries was given
a thank you plus the
money of hundreds
to thousands of
dollars from
Facebook. They are
the ones who
managed to find
security holes (bugs)
in this popular
networking site.
Rewards were
related programs
that Facebook
launched about 3
weeks ago in which
it offers money to
those who could find
bugs in the Facebook
site. Minimum of $
500 will be
presented on the
hackers and par will
be added to a
specific security
hole.
Quoted from CNN on
Wednesday (31 / 8 /
2011), Facebook
says so far they
have spent more
than $ 40,000 for this
program. In fact,
there is a hacker
who received more
than $ 7000 because
it found six different
issues.
Although Facebook
has its own security
team, bug bounty
program is a step
which is considered
good by Facebook.
"We are aware,
many talented
people and the
existing security
experts worldwide
who do not work for
Facebook," said Joe
Sullivan, Chief
Security Officer of
Facebook.
As an appreciation of
the hackers from
more than 16
countries, Facebook
made a special page
which and a list
containing the
names of those who participion in the program.
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