Facebook awards $1.98 million to researchers for findings bugs in 2020India, Tunisia, and the United States were the top three countries based on bounties awarded this year, Facebook said.
20 Nov, 2020, 12.45 PM IST
Indians lead the world as Facebook big bug huntersIndian experts receive the biggest bounty in Facebook reward scheme for reporting breaches.
06 Sep, 2019, 11.11 AM IST
Did a Live video disappear from your Facebook? Here is what's happeningThe social network said it had restored some videos, and was notifying users' whose content had permanently been deleted.
12 Oct, 2018, 11.55 AM IST
WhatsApp fixes bug that lets hackers hijack accounts with an incoming video callThe vulnerability was discovered in August, and fixed in early October.
10 Oct, 2018, 07.38 PM IST
Indians responsible for spotting the highest number of bugs on Facebook, ahead of the US & MexicoThe social networking giant paid a total of $611,741 to 149 researchers between January-June this year.
14 Oct, 2016, 03.37 PM IST
Indian researchers get Rs 4.84 crore in bug bounty: FacebookIndia, which has over 142 million Facebook users, also holds top rank among 127 countries in terms of researchers contributing to its bug b...
18 Mar, 2016, 02.53 PM IST
Bengaluru hacker Anand Prakash gets Twitter, Facebook bounty for reporting bugAnand Prakash says he has received $15,000 from Facebook for reporting a bug that could have put the social network's 1.6 billion users at ...
09 Mar, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
Laxman Muthiyah: Hunts small bugs on Facebook, makes big moneyAwarded top dollar by the social networking giant for fishing out bugs in its system, 22-year-old web developer Laxman Muthiyah talks to ET...
19 Mar, 2015, 11.37 AM IST
Facebook pays bug hunters $3 million; India reports largest threatIndia, which has over 112 million Facebook users, cornered an average reward of $1,343 (about Rs 84,000) in the US-based firm's Bug Bounty ...
26 Feb, 2015, 12.42 PM IST
Facebook pays TN boy Muthiyah $12,500 for spotting a bug that could have deleted users' photos"After reviewing the issue you have reported, we have decided to award you a bounty of $12,500," Facebook told him in an email the same day.
14 Feb, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
India leads the race in reporting bugs on Facebook in 2013The California-headquartered firm said it received a total of 14,763 submissions in 2013, of which 687 bugs were found to be valid and elig...
04 Apr, 2014, 03.01 PM IST
Facebook to pay over Rs 8 lakh to Indian engineering graduate for finding critical bugArul Kumar, a 21-year-old engineering graduate, has netted a $12,500 bounty from Facebook after he found a critical bug.
03 Sep, 2013, 11.15 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page hackedMark Zuckerberg's account was hacked by a security researcher Khalil Shreateh after the social network ignored his warnings that a glitch i...
19 Aug, 2013, 09.44 PM IST
Facebook pays bug hunters $1 million; India second biggest recipientFacebook started the Bug Bounty programme a little more than two years ago to reward security researchers who report issues.
05 Aug, 2013, 01.19 AM IST
Facebook manages to block peeping tomsBug would have allowed hackers to turn on users’ webcams without their knowledge and post videos to their profiles.
31 Dec, 2012, 06.05 AM IST
Facebook 'bug' bugs Zuckerberg's account, reveals private picturesA security glitch in Facebook gave users access to Mark Zuckerberg's private pictures, including a few with his girlfriend.
07 Dec, 2011, 04.40 PM IST
Facebook to reward people who find glitches on its security networkFacebook has paid out more than $40,000 in only three weeks and one person has already received more than $7,000 for six different issues f...
01 Sep, 2011, 12.05 PM IST