Indian researchers find bug in Facebook, get Rs 4.84 crore

Indian researchers, who found defects or errors in Facebook under bug bounty programme, got Rs 4.84 crore.

Facebook said India holds top rank among 127 nations in contributing to the bug bounty programme.

Under Facebook’s bug bounty programme, researchers get rewarded for finding out security bugs, identifying vulnerabilities in Facebook's services that are a threat to security and privacy.

"India is home to the largest population of security researchers (205) participating in the Facebook bug bounty programme since its inception in 2011. The country also holds the top spot for most bounties paid (Rs 48.4 million)," wrote Adam Ruddermann, a technical program manager on the Facebook Bug Bounty team, on a blog.

Since its launch in 2011, Facebook's bug bounty programme has received over 2,400 valid submissions and has awarded more than $4.3 million to 800-plus researchers globally.

The average payout was $1,780. India, Egypt, and Trinidad and Tobago received the highest number of payouts.

Explaining how Facebook calculated the risk and bounties paid to researchers, Ruddermann said the company looks at the potential impact of a bug, what could possibly go wrong, and who would be affected.