A real macOS flaw worth $200K went unreported because Apple's bug bounty inbox was full of AI slop
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Apple's bug bounty program is overwhelmed by AI-generated reports, causing a backlog in legitimate submissions. This issue prevented an Italian startup from reporting a serious macOS vulnerability valued at up to $200,000.
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Apple's bug bounty program is drowning in AI-generated bug reports. The company has capped submissions per researcher because fabricated reports are clogging the review pipeline. As a result, Italian startup Bynario was initially unable to report a serious macOS vulnerability worth up to $200,000 on the black market. The article A real macOS flaw worth $200K went unreported because Apple's bug bounty inbox was full of AI slop appeared first on The Decoder.
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