It is not the first giant to make such a bizarre choice. After Fiat Chrysler and other large companies in Silicon Valley, Apple has also decided to make a pact with hackers. The "traditional" enemies of the Cupertino-based company will even receive a substantial cash reward for doing what they have always done: that is, trying to find the defects in the software created by the famous company of the bitten apple.
To announce the novelty is the same group led by Tim Cook who, in the context of the press conference on Black Hat security, has streamlined a list of vulnerabilities of its programs. Some “holes that could jeopardize user privacy and data. Hence the idea. To try to fix the bugs, Apple will reward anyone who can find vulnerabilities in data security with $ 25.
The amount will rise to 50 dollars for closing any access doors to iCloud, while for signature bugs (the program that manages the basic functions of the devices) the price rises up to 200 dollars.
Cupertino has also declared that, in the event that hackers should decide to donate part of their income to charity, Apple will give the same amount to the chosen association.
After years and years of struggle, therefore, Apple decides to enter into "a pact of non-aggression" with computer pirates, also in order to prevent them from deciding to work for organized crime. The same decision was made last January by the FBI, which paid 1 million dollars to the group of hackers who had managed to get into the cell phone of Syed Rizwan Farook, the killer who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, lo last December.
