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MEGA hack challenge turns up 7 security flaws so far

article published on 10 February, 2013

Kim Dotcom will be paying out to hackers. He offered hackers up to €10,000 per successful hack or exposure of security vulnerabilities with his new MEGA service. The actual amount paid out will depend on the severity rating of the security issue that is identified by the contestant. There are six "severity class" vulnerabilities that hackers can aim at, with low impact or "purely ... [ read the full article ]

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_ 		15. February 2013 @ 21:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Unfortunately the report does not name the people responsible for finding the flaws, nor does it give any details on what Kim Dotcom paid out (or intends to pay out).
No surprise there this is really about debug for their security issues at no cost to them most likely. Smart marketing ploy really...
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