Security Experts, Buckle Up! Facebook Parent Offering Hefty Sum To Find Vulnerabilities On Quest, Portal Devices

Meta Platforms Inc.'s META latest virtual reality device, Quest Pro, along with other VR headsets, are now eligible for the Bug Bounty Program. 

What Happened: To strengthen the security of its hardware products, Meta announced new payout guidelines for Bug Bounty Program. It also included its latest products — Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest Touch Pro controllers — in the program.

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The tech giant will pay a hefty sum to security researchers for specific bugs and vulnerabilities uncovered by them on products like Quest Pro, Touch Pro controllers, Quest 2, Quest 1 and some non-VR hardware products as well.

"These new guidelines range as high as $130,000 for ATO reports and $300,000 for mobile RCE bugs, making our Bug Bounty program one of the highest paying in the industry," Meta stated in a blog post. 

Why It's Important: Meta started the Bug Bounty program in 2011 and has paid $16 million. Since the beginning, the tech giant has received 170,000 reports, of which more than 8,500 were awarded a bounty.

This year, Meta awarded more than $2 million to researchers from about 45 countries and received approximately 10,000 reports.

India, Nepal and Tunisia are the top three countries based on bounties awarded this year. 

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