full-disclosure - M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits

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Message-ID: <03e501c3a3bb$ea1a2660$c71121c2@exchange.sharpuk.co.uk>
From: DaveHowe at cmn.sharp-uk.co.uk (Dave Howe)
Subject: M$ puts bounty out for Blaster and Sobig culprits

> Maybe M$ should put out a bounty for reporting bugs in their
> crappy software without going public instead.  That might be
> more effective.
Either have to
a) Pay *everyone* who reported the same bug (leading to a nice little
money tree where a group of people individually report the same thing)
b) live with the fact that the first finder would take the money, the
second finder would be pissed at them for not paying and publish
immediately...