Security News > 2022 > February > Intel unveils Circuit Breaker bug bounty expansion for elite hackers
Intel says its engineers are partnering with security researchers to hunt for vulnerabilities in firmware, GPUs, hypervisors, chipsets, and other products in a new expansion to its bug bounty program.
Last year, 97 out of the 113 externally found security vulnerabilities were reported by researchers who joined the public bug bounty program, according to Intel.
Project Circuit Breaker, the name of the bounty program expansion, supplements Intel's existing program and allows invited bug hunters to work with Intel's product and security teams on some special projects.
"Project Circuit Breaker broadens and deepens Intel's existing open Bug Bounty program by hosting targeted time-boxed events on specific new platforms and technologies, providing training and creating opportunities for more hands-on collaboration with Intel engineers," Intel said.
Intel plans to publicly disclose all security vulnerabilities found through the new bounty program expansion, following the company's regular Product Security Incident Response Team process.
"We invest in and host bug bounty programs because they attract new perspectives on how to challenge emerging security threats - and Project Circuit Breaker is the next step in collaborating with researchers to strengthen the industry's security assurance practices, especially when it comes to hardware."