Sony announces bug bounty program that pays bounty of 5.4 million yen or more for serious vulnerability of PS4



Jeff Norton, senior software director at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), who develops and operates the PlayStation brand, has partnered with security platform

HackerOne on the official PlayStation blog to launch a new bug bounty program on PlayStation I announced that I did.

Announcing the PlayStation Bug Bounty Program PlayStation.Blog
https://blog.playstation.com/2020/06/24/announcing-the-playstation-bug-bounty-program/



'We believe that working with the security research community can make the PlayStation a safer place,' Norton of SIE explains, explaining why HackerOne and the new bug bounty program are starting. The Bug Bounty Program is prepared to invite security research communities, gamers, and others to verify the security of PlayStation 4 (PS4) and PlayStation Network and to pay bounties for various issues, including serious PS4 issues. There is.

In addition, over 50,000 dollars (about 5.4 million yen) will be paid for the serious vulnerability of PS4.



Norton said that SIE has already run the PlayStation bug bounty program privately with some researchers, and is 'firmly aware' of the important role the research community plays in enhancing security. As a result, he says he is 'happy' with the opportunity to announce a bug bounty program to the wider community.

The PlayStation bug bounty program is summarized on the following page of HackerOne, and at the time of writing the article, those that are eligible for the bounty, those that are not eligible, and notes on participating in the program are summarized. It is being done.

PlayStation-Bug Bounty Program | HackerOne



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