Bug bounty platform ZDI awarded $25m to researchers over the past 15 years

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Bug bounty platform ZDI awarded $25m to researchers over the past 15 years
August 20, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/bug-b...ed-25m-to-researchers-over-the-past-15-years/

Bug bounty platform pioneer Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI) said it awarded more than $25 million in bounty rewards to security researchers over the past decade and a half.

In an anniversary post celebrating its 15-year-old birthday, ZDI said the bounty rewards represent payments to more than 10,000 security researchers for more than 7,500 successful bug submissions.
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While certainly not the first bug bounty program, ZDI is the first program to have built a sustainable business model around its platform.
Furthermore, ZDI has also expanded into running hacking contests, and since 2007 has been managing the renowned Pwn2Own hacking competition.
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ZDI: 15 Years of the Zero Day Initiative

Starting in 2005, 3Com announced a new program called the Zero Day Initiative. The plan was to financially reward researchers who discover previously unknown software vulnerabilities (“zero-day vulnerabilities”) and disclose them responsibly.

Fifteen years later, we’ve published more than 7,500 advisories as we evolved into the world’s largest vendor-agnostic bug bounty program. To say it’s been a journey is an understatement. It’s certainly had some ups and downs, but the program is stronger than ever and on track for our largest year ever.
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