Microsoft will pay up to $100,000 plus $50,000 bonus for defense submissions (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/dn425049 http://technet.microsoft.com/

Microsoft will pay up to $100,000 plus $50,000 bonus for defense submissions (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/dn425049 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/dn425049) Facebook has paid $12,500 for one (http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/02/security-researcher-discovers-bug-that-would-let-hackers-delete-any-photo-off-facebook/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/02/security-researcher-discove...) Google will pay up to $20,000 for one (http://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/#rewards http://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/#rewa...) Forbes even posted an article a couple years ago on the market of zero day exploits and listed prices someone could get for zero day exploits with prices in the tens/hundreds of thousands. (http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/23/shopping-for-zero-days-an-price-list-for-hackers-secret-software-exploits/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/23/shoppin...) It should be noted that they state in this article that the groups that will buy these exploits for these prices are generally western governments.