Xbox Live has never suffered so much, and Microsoft likes to keep it that way, in part by rewarding people who report risk to the gaming network for money.
"The Xbox Bounty Program invites gamers, security researchers, and others around the world to help identify security vulnerabilities in the Xbox Live network and services and share them with the Xbox team," the company said yesterday in the new program to present the page. "Proper submission is worth the colorful rewards of $ 500 to $ 20,000 USD."
To qualify for rewards, submissions will need to meet two limitations. First of all, the vulnerability needs to be real and redefined in the latest version of Xbox Live. Second, it needs to include a clear guide on how Xbox Live network developers can repeat this problem.
More complex problems, such as the ability to code remotely, have the potential to make even greater payments, while seeing issues related to standard interruptions or network data disclosure being low. Interestingly, the quality of the report has a major impact on remuneration, where the "low level" cuts the potential awards in half. In other words do not answer the homework you left.
While it is the first time that Microsoft has released Xbox Live compensation, Actionreports that the company had only one Windows location starting in 2017. Other video game companies like Valve and Rockstar Games and have the same plans, as do other console manufacturers.
Nintendo's highest payout for its brilliant program and it's $ 20,000, even though no one has yet collected so much. Sony, on the other hand, only gives t-shirts who say "Secure @ Sony Finder" to them. Notably it was the Play & # 39; s PlayStation Network that went down for 23 days after the service was named in 2011.
