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20 Jun 2013

Microsoft to pay $100,000 to hackers who can hack Windows 8 & Internet Explorer 11

Microsoft to reward hackers who can hack the security in Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 11.

Breakdown of the Microsoft program.

Microsoft will pay up to $100,000 for anyone who finds a new exploitation technique that can be used to break the security of Windows 8.1, Katie Moussouris, a senior security strategist at Microsoft, said.
To qualify for the $100,000, a contestant must write code that can be used to take control of a Windows PC via the Internet.

Contestants can earn up to $50,000 more if they can develop a way to defend against the code they have written.

Microsoft will also pay up to $11,000 for defects affecting its Internet Explorer 11.


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