Facebook Broadens Its Bug Bounty to Help Fix Third-Party Apps
Sep 18, 2018•6 min
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Facebook was a relatively early proponent of so-called bug bounties, paying out more than $6 million to security researchers who have spotted vulnerabilities in its platform since its program launched in 2011. But as the social network has faced a series of high profile and impactful controversies, its bug bounty increasingly doubles as an opportunity for Facebook to demonstrate maturation. That trend continues Monday, with the company's latest expansion.
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