OpenAI Bumps Up Bug Bounty Reward to $100K in Security Update
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Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2025-03-27
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
OpenAI announced expansions to its Cybersecurity Grant Program, introduction of microgrants (API credits), and increases to its bug bounty maximum payout (up to $100,000), alongside limited-time bounty promotions. The company also outlined efforts to bolster defenses—partnering with SpecterOps for continuous red teaming, developing AI-powered defenses and prompt-injection mitigations, and expanding its security engineering team—to better protect its systems and encourage external researcher participation.
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