The Vulnpocalypse Is Repricing the Bug Bounty Economy
Surging AI-generated vulnerability reports are driving down bug bounty payouts, threatening the economics of independent security researchers.
Dark Reading argues that a surge of AI-powered vulnerability reports is repricing the bug bounty economy. As programs absorb escalating report volume, payouts for many classes of findings are falling. The trend could undermine the livelihoods of independent full-time bug bounty researchers.
- AI-assisted reports are flooding bug bounty programs
- Falling payouts threaten independent researcher economics
- Vulnerability report volume is repricing the bounty market
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- bug-bounty-platforms
- Organizations
- Dark Reading
From the original article

The surge in AI-powered vulnerability reports is driving down bug bounty prices, and that could spell trouble for independent researchers.
By Alexander Culafi · darkreading.com
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