Bug bounty isn’t dead, but the old model is breaking
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Summary
IBB paused submissions and curl cut payouts. curl's creator and Bugcrowd's founder tell Aikido why: AI made finding and reporting bugs nearly free, but validating and fixing them stays expensive.
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--- id: 2446 title: "Bug bounty isn’t dead, but the old model is breaking" source_domain: aikido.dev source_url: "https://www.aikido.dev/blog/bug-bounty-isnt-dead" published_at: "2026-04-13 00:00" tags: ["ai-security", "bug-bounty", "open-source", "vulnerability-disclosure", "curl", "economics"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2446" lang: en --- # Bug bounty isn’t dead, but the old model is breaking ## Summary IBB paused submissions and curl cut payouts. curl's creator and Bugcrowd's founder tell Aikido why: AI made finding and reporting bugs nearly free, but validating and fixing them stays expensive. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** aikido.dev - **Published:** 2026-04-13 00:00 - **Original:** https://www.aikido.dev/blog/bug-bounty-isnt-dead - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2446