Uber started its bug bounty program exactly a year from today with the aim to help the company improve the security of its products and services. The company has confirmed that this year, they plan on recruiting 6 researchers from India in the global Top-50-list of its bug bounty program.
"Uber's bug bounty program works with security researchers all over the world to fix bugs, even when they don't directly impact our users. We appreciate the ongoing contributions of the 6 researchers in India and were happy to reward them for their excellent report."
During the past 12 months, Uber has paid more than $860,000 USD to researchers all over the world for helping us improve the security of our products and services! More than 500 security researchers around the world participated in our bug bounty program.
The following 26 countries will be recognized for being home to at least one of our top 50 researchers (in alphabetical order): Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, India, Israel, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam.
Interestingly, 6 researchers from India have made it in the top 50 list for the year, here are their details: @parth, @apara, @anand_prakash, @w0rmcilli, @deepankerchawla and @vijay_kumar1110 .
