---
id: 192
title: "Hacker opinion piece: How lazy hacking killed cURL’s bug bounty"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/hacker-opinion-piece-how-lazy-hacking-killed-curls-bug-bounty/"
published_at: "2026-02-05 13:00"
tags: ["ai-security", "bug-bounty", "zero-day", "open-source", "vulnerability-disclosure", "ai-slop", "curl", "daniel-stenberg", "false-reports"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/192"
lang: en
---

# Hacker opinion piece: How lazy hacking killed cURL’s bug bounty

## Summary

cURL ended its six-year bug bounty after a flood of AI slop reports: 20 submissions in early 2026 yielded zero valid bugs, so Daniel Stenberg moved reports to GitHub with no bounties.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2026-02-05 13:00
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/hacker-opinion-piece-how-lazy-hacking-killed-curls-bug-bounty/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/192