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Re:I Could've Accessed 17T Microsoft Records by muglug on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @11:56AM (#49910640)
As I understand it, bug bounty awards are a rough proxy for "would nation-state actors be able to exploit this for operational purposes without getting caught".

Zero-click iPhone exploits that affect the current OS and also previous ones are worth hundreds of thousands.

Re:I Could've Accessed 17T Microsoft Records by buckle8017 on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @12:20PM (#49910909)
Try 10-20 million USD for a zero click iPhone exploit.
Re:I Could've Accessed 17T Microsoft Records by yieldcrv on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @01:28PM (#49911874)
thats the true market value of bug bounty awards

the unilaterally set awards by the affected corporation are far lower and based on the price of the researcher’s liability