A team of vulnerability spotters have netted themselves a six-figure payout from Apple after discovering dozens security holes in the Cupertino giant's computer systems, some of which could have been exploited to steal iOS source code, and more.
Brett Buerhaus, Ben Sadeghipour, Samuel Erb, Tanner Barnes, and Sam Curry this week said that of the 55 bugs they uncovered, 11 were rated as critical, 29 were high-severity, 13 were medium, and two were considered low risk.
We're told it took them about three months to discover the flaws in Apple's IT infrastructure, and having privately reported their findings to the iGiant, they bagged bug-bounty rewards totaling $288,500 or more – Curry told us the money is still rolling in from Cupertino – which works out to an average of $19,233 each per month. The final split will be on the basis of individual bugs foun ..
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