Bug bounty programs are reshaping cybersecurity with hackers finding increasingly valuable vulnerabilities while platforms experiment with elite researcher networks and AI integration. Companies are simultaneously raising rewards and disputing payouts, creating tension between security researchers and corporate vulnerability management.
·Tesla paid $15,000 per bug to a Russian hacker who eventually exploited a case vulnerability worth $243 million
·CertiK launches exclusive invite-only platform targeting elite web3 security researchers
·AMD denies $10,000 bounty after patching critical auto-updater flaw that remained unfixed for 124 days
·Bithumb increases bug bounty rewards to $145,000 and revamps privacy infrastructure
·AI emergence raising questions about the future viability of traditional bug bounty models
drawn from Yahoo Finance, HackerNoon, SecurityWeek, bloomingbit · updated 3h ago