---
id: 961
title: "Update to Bugcrowd Points System"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/update-to-bugcrowd-points-system/"
published_at: "2020-10-21T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "bugcrowd", "platform-policy", "platform-update", "crowdmatch", "duplicates", "points-system", "duplicate-submissions", "researcher-incentives"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/961"
lang: en
---

# Update to Bugcrowd Points System

## Summary

Bugcrowd stops awarding points for duplicate P3 and P4 submissions after researchers farmed low-severity duplicates, curbing points inflation and keeping CrowdMatch matching meaningful.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/update-to-bugcrowd-points-system/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/961