Security News > 2020 > June > Fancy hacking a PlayStation? Sony announces its bug bounty program
Bug bounty hunting is, at heart, a competitive market, and winner-takes-all is the easiest way for a vendor to avoid the problem of two researchers covertly colluding for extra money.
Most bug bounty programs have a rule under which a reasonable timeframe is agreed for fixing the bug.
We have partnered with HackerOne to help run this program, and we are inviting the security research community, gamers, and anyone else to test the security of PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Network.
Our bug bounty program has rewards for various issues, including critical issues on PS4. Critical vulnerabilities for PS4 have bounties starting at $50,000.
Sony says that it has had a closed bug bounty program for a while - one in which selected researchers have been invited to take part - but the program is now open to all.