Security News > 2020 > April > Tencent Ups Top Bug-Bounty Award to $15K

The Tencent Security Response Center is launching an expanded bug-bounty program, via the HackerOne white-hat platform - and the company has increased its top reward to $15,000.

Tencent, a China-based global internet service provider, is opening up its existing bug-bounty program to HackerOne's community of 600,000+ bug hunters, to widen the company's vulnerability reporting and technical sharing efforts, it said in a launch notice on Tuesday.

Tencent will also pay out its bounty payments via HackerOne's platform from now on.

The top award in the program is now $15,000 for "Quality reports on eligible valid vulnerabilities" that are critical-rated, according to the program details - an increase from $5,000 previously.

"Online security for our products and platforms is a top priority for Tencent," said Juju Zhu, COO of TSRC, in a media statement.

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