Hackers Discover 55 Apple Vulnerabilities, Awarded Nearly $300,000 in Bounties [Updated]

[I7guy]

... I applaud their work and I am happy Apple is compensating them appropriately.

We all need advocates on our behalf ensuring our remuneration is commensurate with the type of job we are doing.

 

[ss2cire]

Damn, if you didn’t clarify I would have thought you were saying they (apple) reported it to apple so they (hackers) could fix the vulnerabilities.

sorry but sometimes you have to clarify in such a way because most people cant comprehend context 😂

 

[amartinez1660]

That seems to be quite a low payment for finding 55 problems. Each guy made about $850/week.

Agreed, even with the updated figures, in which they would have been paid ~6 times that, let’s round it to $4800 per week, it still doesn’t sound like too much for what sounds like a high tier job.
In any case, I guess it’s a lot cooler to be paid ~$850/week doing modern era James Bond work than flipping burgers or similar... but personally I do love me the latter ones especially if they are quiet and unstressful.

 

[I7guy]

And $$$$ is #1A hence the poor payment to these enterprising fellows.

It’s their choice. But it’s all well and good the forums are looking out for them, telling them how great their pay is and potentially get paid better by the “the dark side.”