Valve reportedly paid bounty to Ethical Hackers for finding out several bugs in CSGO

October 10, 2019

Valve has reportedly paid a hacker a total of $11,250 for finding a bug in the game that was used as an exploit for many hackers.

This is why you report CS:GO Bugs instead of abuse them

My man @2Eggsss got awarded a total of $11250 in bounties from Valve via HackerOne for reporting critical bugs, which have been patched and solved.

Don't abuse, report instead. https://t.co/RGlR9a3z3p
— Hac1 (@DonHaci) October 8, 2019

A twitter user with the hande 2Eggsss was paid $9,750 and $1,500 on 2 separate occasions for reporting 2 major bugs to Valve. This practice is common among bigger tech companies, who often reward “ethical hackers” for finding loopholes in their systems and in turn preventing a potentially huge attack in the future.

https://twitter.com/2Eggsss/status/1181708447341039616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1181708447341039616&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dexerto.com%2Fcsgo%2Fvalve-awards-csgo-hacker-thousands-in-game-exploits-1119326

While the exact nature of the bug was not disclosed, a payout as huge as this suggests that it could have been a pretty big exploit. The move also encourages hackers to report such bugs they find rather than exploit it, at least considering the financial gains that come with it.

*An image attached to the report that yielded $18,000. There’s a lot that goes on when breaking down exploits. (VIA HACKERONE)*

This is not the first instance where valve have paid out an independant or a group for reporting a bug. Back in March, they pad $18,000 to a group of hackers for reporting a very “severe” bug. The move, though surprising, has been universally appreciated by fans.

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