[The Next Web] GitHub launches Bug Bounty program, offers between $100 and $5,000 for security vulnerabilities

GitHub today launched the GitHub Bug Bounty program “to better engage with security researchers.” In short, the company will pay between $100 and $5,000 for each security vulnerability discovered and responsibly disclosed by hackers.

“Our users’ trust is something we never take for granted here at GitHub,” the company writes. “In order to earn and keep that trust we are always working to improve the security of our services. Some vulnerabilities, however, can be very hard to track down and it never hurts to have more eyes.”