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    Facebook Pays £24k To Hackers In 'Bug Bounty'

    Facebook Pays £24k To Hackers In 'Bug Bounty'

    Facebook says it has paid out £24,500 in three weeks to hackers who have discovered security flaws in the social network.

    One of the hackers - or "White Hats", as Facebook calls them, has already earned over £4,000 for spotting six issues and reporting them. Another bagged a £3,000 reward for identifying one particularly serious problem. The payments are being made through Facebook's new "bug bounty" scheme, which invites all users to offer information about undiscovered security holes in return for....Read more on this story----> Facebook Pays Out £24k To Hackers: Scheme Rewards Users | Business | Sky News
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