Hacking Google: The three Israeli white hats rooting out the web's security holes

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Summary: Three Israeli hackers have been among the most prolific hunters in Google's bug bounty program - but they still trust the company with their data.

If you've been trusting the cloud with your data, three Israeli hackers have a message for you: the cloud isn't safe. It really, really isn't safe.

How unsafe is it? "It's so unsafe that I refused to put a credit card on PayPal until I was able to personally test their security," said hacker Ben Hayak. "And it's a good thing I didn't because they really had a major security hole, which has since been closed."

Hayak was able to check PayPal's cloud security thanks to the company's "bug bounty" programme, which pays hackers to search out security vulnerabilities on its site.

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Interesting read, might want to think twice before using free cloud services. As the article reads, you get what you pay for.
 

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Would be good to look into, well the way I look at it you get $500 - $3,000 per bug, so that is easy cash.
 
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