Intel boosts its Bug Bounty Program rewards to $250,000
Intel isn't the only company affected by the recent spate of processor-related security vulnerabilities, but the ubiquity of the silicon giant's chips and some of its design decisions over the years have made its products the juiciest targets. The company started its Bug Bounty Program last March in an effort to get security researchers to approach Intel before they release their findings to the public. The chipmaker is now expanding that program by opening it up to any participant and increasing the maximum bounty to the princely sum of $250,000.
Intel says the bounty program allows it to work with researchers to develop responses to security flaws before the knowledge of any vulnerabilities spread to the public. The company says the changes to the program are ...