More than 30 North Korean hackers were hired to work in China by a South Korean crime ring to steal the personal data of South Korean gamers, and channeled $5 million to their impoverished country in compensation, South Korea’s police said on Thursday.
Facebook starting to pay hackers for security vulnerabilities
July 31, 2011Facebook has started a new program to pay hackers for security vulnerabilities found in Facebook web pages and applications. In order to accomplish that, hackers will have to register to a new portal that will be created by Facebook. The basic amount for payment for each bug will be 500$ and in more interesting cases more can be paid.