Facebook pays bug hunters $1 million Facebook said it has paid over USD 1 million in the past two years to security researchers who report bugs on its website, with India second among recipients by country. A bug is an error or defect in software or hardware that causes a programme to malfunction. It often occurs due to conflicts in software when applications try to run in tandem. While bugs can cause software to crash or produce unexpected results, certain defects can be used to gain unauthorised access to systems. "The countries with the most bounty recipients are, in order, the US, India, UK, Turkey, and Germany. The countries with the fastest-growing number of recipients are, in order, the US, India, Turkey, Israel, Canada, Germany, Pakistan, Egypt, Brazil, Sweden, and Russia," it noted.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 08:49:31 +0000