Helping secure FOSS and the internet: our $100,000 donation to the Internet Bug Bounty

GitHub, in collaboration with Facebook and the Ford Foundation, has donated $100,000 to the Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) to enhance internet security by identifying vulnerabilities in internet infrastructure and open-source software. This initiative follows GitHub's launch of its own Security Bug Bounty Program over three years ago, aimed at rewarding researchers for reporting vulnerabilities. The IBB has awarded over $616,350 for identifying more than 625 valid vulnerabilities, with $150,000 distributed last year alone for over 250 vulnerabilities. Additionally, $45,000 of these bounties have been donated to organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Hackers for Charity. The IBB plans to use the $300,000 fund to broaden its scope by introducing a Data Processing Program focused on data parsing libraries and expanding coverage of foundational internet technologies like OpenSSL, as determined by a volunteer panel from the security community.