Facebook’s Bug Bounty Program Nears Its 10th Birthday

Over 130,000 reports have been submitted to date, including roughly 17,000 in 2020

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Facebook’s bug bounty program is approaching its 10th birthday, and the social network said over 50,000 researchers have joined the program to date since its debut in July 2011, with roughly 1,500 of them, from 107 countries, being awarded bounties.

Security engineering manager Dan Gurfinkel shared some highlights in a blog post this week:

  • Since 2011, Facebook has received more than 130,000 reports, of which over 6,900 were awarded bounties.
  • So far, this year, we’ve awarded over $1.98
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