Up to $50,000 in Rewards!
Bug Bounty programs are what thrills security researchers to work for a good cause. If you’re one of those bug hunters, here’s a good opportunity. After Nintendo (in 2016) and Microsoft’s Xbox (in 2020), Sony announces a bug bounty program called Public Vulnerability Rewards Program, where anyone can find and report critical security vulnerabilities across PlayStation PlayStation products. The program covers not just the PlayStation 4 gaming console, but also its operating system, accessories, PS network including websites like playstation.net, .sonyentertainmentnetwork.com, api.playstation.com, my.playstation.com, store.playstation.com, social.playstation.com, transact.playstation.com, wallets.api.playstation.com. A bug bounty was available for Sony’s PlayStation earlier too but was limited to invite-only program. And now, it’s up for the public, thus anyone finding a bug in the said scope of products can be rewarded, provided that, it’s unseen before and having reasonable severity of exploitation. The program is hosted on HackerOne, a platform that’s used by companies like Snapchat, Shopify, Twitter, Uber, General Motors, etc to publish their programs. With an average of $400, the Sony’s PlayStation bug bounty program may reward hackers up to $50,000 and even more in certain cases. This is, by far the largest amongst gaming bounty programs. Nintendo’s and Microsoft’s Xbox have a cap of $20,000.
