Security News > 2020 > June > Tencent Offers Up to $140,000 for Operating System Vulnerabilities
2020-06-11 15:46
Chinese tech giant Tencent announced this week that it's prepared to offer rewards of up to $140,000 for critical vulnerabilities found in its TencentOS tiny and TencentOS Server operating systems.
Tencent informed white hat hackers in mid-April that it teamed up with HackerOne for a bug bounty program with rewards of up to $15,000.
TencentOS tiny is an operating system for Internet of Things devices.
High-severity vulnerabilities can earn bug bounty hunters up to $40,000.
Vulnerabilities in third-party components used by these operating systems are not covered.