Because it's one of the biggest data analysis/cyber bounties[1] ever offered. The fact that he tried to stiff the winner seems hacker-relevant news. [1] He ann

Because it's one of the biggest data analysis/cyber bounties[1] ever offered. The fact that he tried to stiff the winner seems hacker-relevant news. [1] He announced it at a self-styled "cyber symposium" but it seems to me to have been primarily a data analysis challenge so make of that what you will.