MICROSOFT PAID THIS MAN $ 100,000 FOR FINDING A BIG SECURITY FLAW IN A WINDOW 8.1

 

    Security researcher James Forshaw, Context Information Security

On Tuesday it awarded $100,000 of the pot to just one guy, James Forshaw, a security researcher at Context Security.

Microsoft didn't describe the security attack that Forshaw created. It wants to be able to fix the problem before it talks about it. But it did say he found something huge, "an entire class of issues."

Microsoft didn't describe the security attack that Forshaw created. It wants to be able to fix the problem before it talks about it. But it did say he found something huge, "an entire class of issues."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-pays-100k-for-windows-8-flaw-2013-10#ixzz2hOX8RmYB