Xbox One hunters find holes in Xbox Live security and point them to Microsoft can seek rewards of $ 500 to $ 20,000.
Microsoft made a risky call yesterday with the launch of its Xbox Bounty program. Includes an award-winning payment schedule, with injury-related costs of $ 1,000 to $ 5,000, and the ability to issue a remote code that pays between $ 5,000 to $ 20,000. Service accident denial is listed as "inactive" and pays nothing.
Existing risk should be on the latest fully-used Xbox Live system, reactivated to that system, and includes "short and clear steps," either in writing or video.
Obviously, Microsoft is there no they say this vulnerability lies within Xbox Live. But if they do, they may pay four or five stats to someone they know to use rather than spend millions on time out, breach of personal data, or other major attacks. Xbox Live, over its 17-year history, has been illegally attacked but has never had a major crack like the one that brought down the PlayStation Network for 23 days in the spring of 2011.
Microsoft has the operating system for its Windows operating system as of 2017, but he is the last console builder to offer this kind of rewards to keep his job online. Kotaku commented that Nintendo once had "Disruption plan" as of 2016, which offers rewards of up to $ 20,000. Sony, On the other hand, you give its white hats T-shirt.