---
id: 3538
title: "Why Riot Games Pays Hackers to Break Them"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/why-riot-games-pays-hackers-break-them"
published_at: "2017-12-04T16:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "community", "case-study", "hackerone", "gaming", "riot-games"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3538"
lang: en
---

# Why Riot Games Pays Hackers to Break Them

## Summary

How Riot Games runs a bug bounty with $1M+ paid: clear rules, treating hackers as teammates and top-of-sector payouts—$10,000+ for serious bugs—explains application security lead David Rook.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2017-12-04T16:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/why-riot-games-pays-hackers-break-them
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3538