Microsoft Bounty Program Offers Larger Rewards For Bug Hunters

Microsoft, which already offers one of the biggest bug bounty programs, said today it is increasing the payouts it makes and the time it takes to push the payments. From a report: A key change in policy is that Microsoft will no longer wait until a fix has been produced for a bug until making a payout -- now the only requirement is that a bug can be reproduced. This is thanks in part to a partnership with HackerOne. The maximum bounty has increased from $15,000 to $50,000 for the Windows Insider Preview bounty and from $15K to $20K for the Microsoft Cloud Bounty.

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