[1GZ0]

Just like code bounties might sound like a good idea on paper, rewarding ethical hackers with huge amounts of cash would undoubtably result in rapidly diminishing returns.

While they absolutely could / should have rewarded him with more than a lousy t-shirt. I suspect they aren't keen to encourage a bunch of random people to try and poke holes in their security with the expectation of a cash price.

[Cumpiler69]

>I suspect they aren't keen to encourage a bunch of random people to try and poke holes in their security with the expectation of a cash price

You can either reward your own citizens with large cash prizes, OR, you can reward Russia/China with your data since they'll gladly poke around for free.

This is being penny wise and pound foolish.

[master-lincoln]

Weird nationalistic view... I would reword this as rewarding criminal activity of any interested party

[bell-cot]

Most humans (including, obviously, ethical hackers) have some motivations which are not financial. And politics and small-country financial reality almost certainly preclude outbidding China, Russia, & such for bugs.

[readthenotes1]

I sorta agree with you, but self-reference is what makes it breaks the universe (no Hamlet, incompleteness, or halting, for example).

The t-shirt is actually kinda nice in that regard. Of course, it would go better with stuffed euros.