OpenAI quadruples bug bounty payouts, tops out at $172,000 per vulnerability
The Decoder · rss · 2026-11-03
According to The Decoder, OpenAI is ramping up security spending: bug bounty payouts have been quadrupled, with hunters now able to earn up to $172,000 for a single vulnerability, alongside a new internal security sprint aimed at drawing more white-hat researchers to hunt bugs.
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