Facebook reward of 33,500 dollars for reporting a fault
Web companies are used to thank the experts who flush out flaws or bugs in their products. If Microsoft offers rewards up to $ 100 000 , Facebook was hitherto mounted to 20,000 dollars. However , an engineer in Brazil has received 33,500 dollars for reporting a fault on an " XML External Entity " ( XEE ) .Whatever the company 's web , the team of engineers and developers can miss vulnerabilities , flaws or bugs in their systems. The consequences for security can be significant. And , be it for business, but also for users . While some security experts seeking loopholes abused , others stalk for reporting companies . In return for this work, the reward programs . Among the most generous companies , Microsoft offers up to 100,000 dollars depending on the size of the discovery.
On Facebook, the maximum allowed hitherto was 20,000 dollars. And yet , a Brazilian engineer, Reginaldo Silva, just charge a premium 33,500 dollars. The reason is that the discovery is important. Know a flaw on a XEE for the part identification and Facebook could allow anyone to access files and retrieve information.Given its importance , Facebook , therefore , Reginaldo Silva rewarded by a higher premium to its habits.However, the social network said that this award is exceptional. Facebook becomes , therefore , not really generous !