Several big technology companies like Twitter (twtr), Google (goog), and Microsoft (msft) have
similar bug bounty programs.
Not exact matches
«Hack the Pentagon» is modeled after
similar competitions known as «
bug bounties» conducted by many large U.S. companies, including United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL.N), to discover security gaps in their networks.
To ensure
similar exploits do not go unchecked in the future, the software giant has announced a new
bug bounty program focused on speculative execution attacks and vulnerabilities.
It will pay anyone who can find new speculative execution vulnerabilities —
similar to Meltdown or Spectre — up to $ 250,000 as part of a new
bug bounty program.
Microsoft, following a
similar move by Intel, has announced that until the end of this year, it will be offering
bug bounties of up to $ 250,000 for information leading to the successful identification of speculative execution attacks (see Expect More Cybersecurity «Meltdowns»).