
US government to offer up to $5,000 'bounty' to hackers to identify cyber vulnerabilities
CNN
The Department of Homeland Security is launching a "bug bounty" program, potentially offering thousands of dollars to hackers who help the department identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities within its systems.
DHS will pay between $500 and $5,000 depending on the gravity of the vulnerability and the impact of the remediation, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Tuesday.
"It's a scalable amount of money but we consider that quite significant," he said, speaking at the Bloomberg Technology Summit. "We're really investing a great deal of money, as well as attention and focus, on this program."

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