Security News > 2021 > June > AWS launches BugBust contest: Help fix a $100m problem for a $12 tshirt

AWS has set up a competition for its customers' developers to find and fix one million bugs.

"Eliminate software errors and save millions of dollars using Amazon CodeGuru, and win prizes and glory in the first annual AWS BugBust Challenge," he declared.

Under the rules of the contest [PDF], AWS customers appoint a BugBust administrator who creates a BugBust event with a customer-controlled Python or Java code repository.

So those saving their companies $76,900 through their efforts - 100 points - get a $12 T-shirt for their labor, a barely noticeable pat on the back for those already paid for bug fixing and not a fair exchange for developers who might be tempted to take part in the BugBust contest on their own time.

Participants may even end up paying AWS for running its tools if their BugBust runs beyond 30 days or if they're already using CodeGuru.

"You will be charged for CodeGuru Reviewer and CodeGuru Profiler according to standard usage rates," according to AWS. "It's a testament to the bountification of how people treat any kind of software bug hunting and fixing," said Katie Moussouris, CEO of Luta Security and the creator of Microsoft's bug bounty program, in a phone interview with The Register.

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