Social networking giant Facebook has paid over USD 3 million since 2011 to security researchers who report bugs on its website, with India topping the tally with tFacebook pays bug hunters $3mn; India reports largest threathe largest number of valid threats reported. India, which has over 112 million Facebook users, cornered an average reward of USD 1,343 (about Rs 84,000) in the US-based firm’s Bug Bounty programme. “India contributed the […]

Last March, a missing 11-year-old girl was found in a South Carolina motel room when a motel clerk called police after seeing an Amber Alert on Facebook, according to the company and reports at the time. The Amber Alert warning system was started after the 1996 kidnapping and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman in Arlington, Texas. Since then, more than 700 children have been found as a direct result of […]