Microsoft and Facebook challenging tinkering gaps Internet

Microsoft and Facebook challenging tinkering gaps Internet

Microsoft and Facebook challenging tinkering gaps Internet

Reward value range finder gap from 300 to five thousand dollars depending on the seriousness of

In an attempt to combat hackers and make the Internet a safe and fortified Microsoft joined forces with fellow American FaceBook care program " bonus hunters gaps Internet."

Under this program , it will grant a financial reward to anyone who could discover an important gap in Internet enables hackers exploited to attack users.

The rewards start at three hundred dollars and up to five thousand dollars , depending on the severity of the gap are discovered , it can also escalate the value of the bonus to a much higher if it considers the gap discovered a significant amount of risk.

But the program is currently limited to citizens of the United States , also have the bonus money that passes through the guardian If you tell the age of the person finder gap of 12 years .

Among the conditions set by the two companies in order to deserve discoverer of the vulnerability reward to be gap widespread and serious new and not linked to the only one, and will be judged on what discovered a person by a committee of experts from companies Maekeroosvet , Facebook and Google Inc. " ESI C" Consulting security , and Atsa company .

It is reported that Microsoft had announced in June a program that allocates several cash prizes for the discoverers gaps in their work continued until the end of July , although the company was to avoid traditionally in the past reward programs discoverers gaps open and public , preferring to conduct competitions youngest to discover gaps in specific , while Facebook and Google Tkavan constantly discoverers gaps in their services and their applications.