Sony Announces Playstation Bug Bounty Program

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Sony has announced it is taking its bug bounty program public as it looks to track down vulnerabilities on both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Network.

In a blog post, senior director of software engineering at SIE, Geoff Norton explained why the company has now decided to open its bug bounty program up to the public, saying:

“To date, we have been running our bug bounty program privately with some researchers. We recognize the valuable role that the research community plays in enhancing security, so we’re excited to announce our program for the broader community.”

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Unlike Microsoft which launched its Xbox bounty program on its own earlier this year, PlayStation is partnering with the bug bounty platform HackerOne which will pay out to security researchers who discover any vulnerabilities.



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RyanPosted:

This is an awesome idea and great for passionate members of the community to be rewarded for their efforts to find the bugs.

JoeIPosted:

A very good thing that's had been added here

KixaPosted:

Joey Really smart idea to implement


Not sure if playstation had it when the PS4 came out but i know Xbox did. Glad to see it again.

ifconfigPosted:

So they'll offer me 500-50,000 for me telling them the PS4 GUI is stupidly slow and constantly freezing? Interesting. Hasn't been fixed since release day.

ifconfigPosted:

Joey Really smart idea to implement


It is indeed, easy way to fix bugs as soon as possible. The money they offer is buttons to them.

JoeyPosted:

Really smart idea to implement