The hacker who uncovered a bug on Facebook earlier this week may indeed get a reward for his efforts, but not from the social network itself. After it became clear that Facebook would not pay Khalil Shreateh a bug bounty for his discovery, arguing that he had violated the site’s Terms of Service, a crowdfunding effort launched on GoFundMe to raise funds for Shreateh — an unemployed Palestinian programmer — independently. Within three days more than 250 people contributed more than $12,000.
This should also send a message to Facebook that they need to step up to the plate and follow through with their promises, and just pay him. Not come up with excuses not to. Facebook ignored him at first when he tried to explain the security hole, then they refused to pay him after he did the only thing he could which was to demonstrate the security hole, he did them a favor. Facebook stinks.
Loading ...
Crowds Cough Up More Than $12K for Facebook Hacker
Posted by: Peter Suciu August 22, 2013 03:34 PMThe hacker who uncovered a bug on Facebook earlier this week may indeed get a reward for his efforts, but not from the social network itself. After it became clear that Facebook would not pay Khalil Shreateh a bug bounty for his discovery, arguing that he had violated the site’s Terms of Service, a crowdfunding effort launched on GoFundMe to raise funds for Shreateh — an unemployed Palestinian programmer — independently. Within three days more than 250 people contributed more than $12,000.