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Re:Chrome 0-day exploit used in Operation WizardOpium by londons_explore on Saturday November 02, 2019 @03:33AM (#21426362)
The writer of this exploit was almost certainly paid more than the bug bounty reward.
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Re:Chrome 0-day exploit used in Operation WizardOpium by jasonlfunk on Saturday November 02, 2019 @03:36AM (#21426376)
Yeah, that’s a hard thing. Because the exploit is almost certainly worth more to the buyer than having it fixed is worth to Google.
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Re:Chrome 0-day exploit used in Operation WizardOpium by mkagenius on Saturday November 02, 2019 @04:10AM (#21426465)
> having it fixed is worth to Google

For now, I hope. Google can and should pay equivalent amounts.

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Re:Chrome 0-day exploit used in Operation WizardOpium by dEnigma on Saturday November 02, 2019 @03:37AM (#21426379)
Sure. I'm not saying that the moral way is just as profitable as the alternative; only that it exists.
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Re:Chrome 0-day exploit used in Operation WizardOpium by malux85 on Saturday November 02, 2019 @03:36AM (#21426372)
Agreed, exploits on the deep Web pay 10x what the big bounty programs do, the mismatch is laughable
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