---
id: 3219
title: "Why You Can’t Ignore the Economics of a Bug Bounty"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/why-you-cant-ignore-the-economics-of-a-bug-bounty/"
published_at: "2017-07-14T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "cloud", "bugcrowd", "payouts", "research-report", "economics"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3219"
lang: en
---

# Why You Can’t Ignore the Economics of a Bug Bounty

## Summary

Bugcrowd's payout data shows rising bounty economics: total payouts topped $6 million (up 211%), the average payout hit $451, and critical bugs average $1,776, with hardware/IoT paying the most.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2017-07-14T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/why-you-cant-ignore-the-economics-of-a-bug-bounty/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3219