Microsoft, which already offers one of the biggest bug bounty programs, said today it is increasing the payouts it makes and the time it takes to push the payments. From a report: A key change in policy is that Microsoft will no longer wait until a fix has been produced for a bug until making a payout — now the only requirement is that a bug can be reproduced. This is thanks in part to a partnership with HackerOne. […] The maximum bounty has increased from $15,000 to $50,000 for the Windows Insider Preview bounty and from $15K to $20K for the Microsoft Cloud Bounty.

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