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Late reply: They just paid for 28 more issues, running total is now $288,500. https://twitter.com/samwcyo/status/1314310787243167744 https://twitter.com/samwc
by JoblessWonder 6y ago
Late reply: They just paid for 28 more issues, running total is now $288,500.
https://twitter.com/samwcyo/status/1314310787243167744 https://twitter.com/samwcyo/status/1314310787243167744
- ogre_codes 6y ago$288k and Apple has only paid them for roughly half of the vulnerabilities. They expect the payout to exceed $500k. Well worth it for Apple and a decent payday for 3 months of spelunking.
- gowld 6y agoGross pay (not including employee benefits and before payroll tax deduction), split among a team of 5 people, unclear if they were working on this one project full time, and amortized over other months with less renumeration. It may not be better amortized pay than a regular software job.
- rewq4321 6y agoEspecially considering that the authors are some of the best bug bounty hunters in the world. $500 an hour is a fairly normal rate for a top security consultant, as far as I'm aware.
- iJohnDoe 6y agoAbsolutely wonderful news! Congrats to everyone involved. Kudos to Apple for following through. I hope this sets the standard for companies going forward.
- simonbarker87 6y agoApple are already behind the standard and times on this. Apple aren’t leading here, they are reluctantly catching up and doing the minimum they need.