Bug bounty: India bags chunks of FB huntfund
6 Aug 2013 4:47 AM IST
Social networking giant Facebook said it has paid over $1 million in the past two years to security researchers who report bugs on its website, with India second among recipients by country. India, which has over 78 million Facebook users, is also second on the list of countries with the fastest-growing number of recipients of its Bug Bounty programme.
Facebook said it started the Bug Bounty programme a little more than two years ago to reward security researchers who report issues and to encourage people to help keep the site safe and secure.
‘The programme has been even more successful than we’d anticipated,’ Facebook said in a statement on its website. ‘We’ve paid out more than $1 million in bounties and have collaborated with researchers from all around the world to stamp out bugs in our products and in our infrastructure.’
The social networking major said 329 people have received rewards, including professional researchers, students and part-timers. The youngest recipient was 13 years old. ‘The countries with the most bounty recipients are, in order, the US, India, UK, Turkey, and Germany,’ it noted.
Facebook said it started the Bug Bounty programme a little more than two years ago to reward security researchers who report issues and to encourage people to help keep the site safe and secure.
‘The programme has been even more successful than we’d anticipated,’ Facebook said in a statement on its website. ‘We’ve paid out more than $1 million in bounties and have collaborated with researchers from all around the world to stamp out bugs in our products and in our infrastructure.’
The social networking major said 329 people have received rewards, including professional researchers, students and part-timers. The youngest recipient was 13 years old. ‘The countries with the most bounty recipients are, in order, the US, India, UK, Turkey, and Germany,’ it noted.
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