PlayStation pays researcher $50,000 bounty for critical exploit report

Sony awarded security researcher Jordy, known as 2tonejordy on HackerOne, $50,000 through its bug bounty program for reporting a critical vulnerability in PlayStation products. It is only the second maximum payout in the last three years. The specific exploit was not disclosed.

• The $50,000 payout is the maximum reward in Sony's bug bounty program
• Researcher Jordy (2tonejordy) received the reward via HackerOne
• Only one other researcher has received the maximum payout in three years
• Details of the vulnerability were not publicly disclosed