#bugbounty #cybersecurity #vulnerabilitymanagement - Intel Stopped Paying for Bugs. Microsoft Paid a Record $20M.

9 October 2026

In August the software industry disclosed 10,740 vulnerabilities, double January, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group. In mid-September, Intel's bug bounty stopped paying.

But Microsoft just had a record $20 million year, and Google raised its top Android reward to $1.5 million. The price of a bug isn't going to zero. It's splitting.

#bugbounty #cybersecurity #vulnerabilitymanagement

Hacker Who Once Dismissed AI Risk Finds 'Bugmageddon'

Bugmageddon: @WSJ says AI Just Found a Bug That Puts Up to 70% of the World’s Websites at Risk https://t.co/q2pOEmtV0T

— Roger Parloff (@rparloff) October 21, 2026