Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to get paid for discovering ...
by lawnchair_larry on Sunday July 26, 2015 @02:48AM
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I'm familiar with those bounties, and they're galaxies out of the ranges you're quoting.
I don't have any good citation for the going rate for a high value vulnerability on the black market, but if you look I'm sure you'll see it can easily enter the mid six figure range.
As for "good vs evil" - I never used those words. Morality is a word I used because it provides a useful context against which to judge legitimacy. You can fairly say it is unethical to sell vulnerabilities for the explicit purpose of exploitation. I don't particularly care to color it this way; I disagree with such actions but I still respect my fellow colleagues who do it.