Reply to post: The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies

I found a security hole in Steam that gave me every game's license keys and all I got was this... oh nice: $20,000

Siberian Hamster

The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies

So just for this one guy's input Valve have paid out on two bounties totalling £45k, I can't help but wonder a few things...

Why aren't they just employing a couple of staff to be full time pen testers, surely it's the cheaper option?

While this bounty program is in place I would be worried that any internal staff of questionable morals coming across a bug would, rather than fixing said bug would look to strike a deal with an external pen tester to share a bounty.

Sorry for calling you Shirley.

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