Monday, 16 January 2017

Slide 10 of 35: While most tech companies hate hackers, Facebook welcomes them. The company actually encourages users to look for bugs on the website and rewards them with around $500 cash (£350). In 2014, the company reportedly paid out a whopping $1.3 million (£900,000) to 321 bug-catchers. They’ve even named one of the buildings at FB HQ after hacking (pictured).

HIGH FIVING HACKERS

While most tech companies hate hackers, Facebook welcomes them. The company actually encourages users to look for bugs on the website and rewards them with around $500 cash (£350). In 2014, the company reportedly paid out a whopping $1.3 million (£900,000) to 321 bug-catchers. They’ve even named one of the buildings at FB HQ after hacking (pictured).Slide 11 of 35: Proving how much they respect hackers, in 2005 university student Chris Putnam attacked Facebook with a virus that made its pages look like competitor MySpace. Instead of taking legal action, Facebook co-founder and then COO Dustin Moskovitz began messaging Putnam and eventually persuaded him to drop out of school and work at Facebook as an engineer.

YOU’RE HIRED

Proving how much they respect hackers, in 2005 university student Chris Putnam attacked Facebook with a virus that made its pages look like competitor MySpace. Instead of taking legal action, Facebook co-founder and then COO Dustin Moskovitz began messaging Putnam and eventually persuaded him to drop out of school and work at Facebook as an engineer.
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