GitHub bug bounties: payouts surge past $1.5 million mark

guest · Jun 28, 2021

GitHub bug bounties: payouts surge past $1.5 million mark
GitHub says that 2020 was the “busiest year yet” in vulnerability disclosure
June 28, 2021
https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-bug-bounties-payouts-surge-past-1-5-million-mark/

Over half a million dollars has been issued as rewards for researchers participating in GitHub's bug bounty program over the past year, bringing total payouts to over $1.5 million.
The Microsoft-owned vendor has operated the GitHub Security Bug Bounty Program for seven years.

The vendor says that 2020 "was the busiest year yet" for GitHub's program.

"From February 2020 to February 2021, we handled a higher volume of submissions than any previous year," GitHub says.
In total, 1,066 bug reports were submitted across GitHub's public and private program -- the latter of which is focused on beta and pre-release products -- over the year, and $524,250 was awarded for 203 vulnerabilities. Since 2016, the time when GitHub launched its public program on HackerOne, rewards have now reached $1,552,004.
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