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Bug-Bounty

nounverified·updated Aug 28, 2026

Reward given to independent security researchers, penetrations testers, and white hat hackers for discovering exploitable software vulnerabilities and sharing this knowledge with the operator of a particular bug-bounty program (BBP).

Analyzing Bug Bounty Programs: An Institutional Perspective on the Economics of Software Vulnerabilities

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

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