DJI to Pay Out Thousands of Dollars After Successful Bug Bou…

Dronelife understands that DJI has agreed to pay out a mixed complete in extra of $30,000 to a number of safety researchers as half of its Bug Bounty program.

No cash has but been paid out, however a number of researchers have confirmed their bug experiences have been profitable and that they’ve handed over financial institution particulars to DJI for fee. That complete consists of no less than one ‘top bounty’: $30,000 – the reward for a safety flaw judged to be of the very best attainable menace degree.

The initiative was launched in August in response to safety issues that got here to public consideration over the summer time, as hackers had been in a position to override the producer’s geofencing system and the US Army halted the use of DJI tools due to ‘cyber vulnerabilities’.

dji bug bounty report message

A message from DJI to a safety researcher. Although Dronelife has seen messages confirming profitable functions, we received’t be publishing them right here.

Bug bounty program nonetheless not up and working

The official reveal of the DJI bug bounty program said the next:

The DJI Threat Identification Reward Program goals to collect insights from researchers and others who uncover points which will create threats to the integrity of our customers’ non-public information, resembling their private data or particulars of the photographs, movies and flight logs they create. The program can also be looking for vulnerabilities which will reveal proprietary supply codes and keys or backdoors created to bypass security certifications.

Rewards for qualifying bugs will vary from $100 to $30,000, relying on the potential influence of the menace. DJI is growing an internet site with full program phrases and a standardized kind for reporting potential threats associated to DJI’s servers, apps or . Starting immediately, bug experiences might be despatched to [email protected] for overview by technical consultants.

However, no web site has but been launched detailing the complete phrases and circumstances of this system, and no cash has but been transferred to profitable bug finders. This gradual progress means that the bounty program was unexpectedly thrown collectively in response to an rising quantity of unfavorable tales about DJI’s information safety.

We additionally perceive that some of the researchers with profitable claims have already submitted new experiences detailing new bugs, regardless of no cash exchanging arms for the unique bounties. So it appears like an amicable relationship is growing between DJI and the identical hackers the corporate was combating towards not so way back. Successful bug finders have additionally been requested to chorus from discussing the main points of their experiences in the intervening time.

This information goes a way to confirming what we suspected already: that DJI’s software program comprises safety vulnerabilities. But it’s promising that the corporate seems keen to act upon these points. It shall be attention-grabbing to see how the bug bounty program progresses and the way DJI offers publicly with its outcomes. At the second, it appears like a collaborative transfer that might assist foster a extra optimistic relationship between the world’s hottest drone producer and the safety group. It must also (ultimately) plug these holes in safety and go a way to reassuring involved business pilots.

Malek Murison is a contract author and editor with a ardour for tech traits and innovation.
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