Find a vulnerability in Apple devices and win a million dollars

Apple recently announced that cybersecurity researchers have been waiting for a long time, and the announcement of the security program by Apple comes after some security researchers have refused to inform Apple of the security vulnerabilities of its devices in the past. 39, lack of financial reward.

At the annual Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, the tech giant announced Thursday that it would propose a new program also including Mac and MacBooks, Apple TVs and smart watches, three years after exactly. Nearly three years after the introduction of the reward program for iOS errors.

This program works simply by detecting a vulnerability or a general manufacturing defect of an Apple product and informing the company that it repairs it and that the person receives a sum of money in the form of a reward. The system of these programs is common in tech companies because it helps Security researchers by detecting serious security vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit.

Apple said the error reward program would be accessible to all researchers and would increase the bonus amount up to a million dollars. He also said that any researcher who discovered a vulnerability in previous versions of his devices and who reported it previously could claim a reward of up to $ 50,000.

The rewards program will be available to all security researchers from the end of this year.