Microsoft forks out another US$13.6M in bug bounty rewards
US$100,000 less than its bounty tally in the year prior.
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Microsoft awarded US$13.6 million in bug bounties to more than 340 security researchers across 58 countries during the 12 months to 30 June, US$100,000 less than its bounty tally in the year prior.
In the latest accounting of the vendor’s bug bounty payouts, the largest award was US$200,000 under the Hyper-V Bounty Program, in which individuals across the globe have the opportunity to submit vulnerabilities in eligible product versions for Microsoft Hyper-V for awards of up to US$250,000.
“With an average of more than US$10,000 per award across all programs, each of the over 1,200 eligible reports reflect the talent and creativity of the global security research community and their invaluable partnership in addressing the challenges of a constantly changing security environment,” the Microsoft Security Response Centre (MSRC) team said in a blog post.