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The bounty was $5,000 not fifty thousand. And frankly that would be chump change anywhere for the opportunity cost.

• sellyme 6y ago
  It was $50,000: > He didn’t end up getting a new Tesla, but the automaker awarded him a special $50,000 bug report reward — several times higher than the max official bug reward limit: You're looking at the $5,000 bounty awarded for exposing Supercharger-related data that Tesla "didn't want [...] out there", which is obviously a much less severe issue than remote control of the entire fleet.
  • filleduchaos 6y ago
    Ah okay, thank you. Not sure why the $5000 figure stuck with me
• jefftk 6y ago
  No, $5k was for an earlier bug. "the automaker awarded him a special $50,000 bug report reward — several times higher than the max official bug reward limit"
• autisticcurio 6y ago
  $50k is not alot considering how much it would have harmed the share price with the negative press reports around the world. It could have even taken the company to the brink of extinction. For comparison, to get middle section, right hand side 1/2 page article written in the Sunday Times and Observer would have cost you about £30k 10 years ago to be introduced to the journalists writing your advert masquerading as a story. Multiply that up for all the global news outlets and the $50k bug bounty was a pittance. I wouldnt have been surprised if Musks day to day wine cellar was several times more expensive than that $50k bug bounty. 18 years ago my peak earning rate was £5k an hour so dont knowingly undersell yourselves in your day job or with bug bounty's. Simple letter govt agency's will also cover stuff up, using state broadcasters and other so called free press media outlets to put a spin on things or outright mislead. Seen this twice now.