Security has become a fundamental part of any online device or service. From time to time we wake up with the news that such a website has been hacked exposing the names of users, passwords, credit card numbers to the public ... As much as companies that develop software and operating systems try to try, they are all vulnerable and sooner or later are affected in one way or another. The guys at Samsung have announced a rewards program in which offer up to $ 200.000 to anyone who can demonstrate a security breach and, obviously, document it.
In the words of the Executive Vice President of Injong Rhee and Head of R&D, Software and Services of the Mobile Communications Business of Samsung Electronics
As a leading provider of mobile devices and experiences, Samsung recognizes the importance of protecting user data and information, and prioritizes security in the development of each of its products and services. As part of our commitment to security, Samsung is proud to work closely with the security research community to ensure that all of our products are closely and continuously monitored for potential vulnerabilities.
Samsung is not the first company to offer a rewards program, as Facebook, Apple, Google and Microsoft, among many others, have long offered rewards of this type. Although if we want to live by finding security gaps, there are other types of companies whose rewards reach a million dollars, as we mentioned a few weeks ago. This type of company is dedicated to selling this type of bugs to companies and governments, governments that always want to be aware of any vulnerability or existing security breach to take advantage of it through their intelligence systems.