Yahoo Offers $25 Voucher to Researcher Who Uncovered Serious Bug

If you are a skilled security researcher and you uncover and report a Microsoft bug or vulnerability, you might get up to $100,000. With Facebook, you might get $12,500, and with Google, the reward could be $20,000

And Yahoo? In Yahoo's case, you get a $25 voucher that can only be used to buy company swag, like a T-Shirt, a few light-up ice cubes, or some "poopy bag dispensers" — though some of these don't even sport the new Yahoo logo.

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That's the paltry reward that Yahoo offered to a Swiss security researcher who uncovered and responsibly reported three serious vulnerabilities on Sept. 23 Read more...

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