Win Rs 38 lakh! Sony will pay you this whopping amount if you can hack PlayStation 4

Want to win some quick money? Here is your chance. Sony has announced the first ever PlayStation Bug Bounty Program for the security research community, gamers, and anyone else to test the security of PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Network (PSN). If you can bug PlayStation 4, Sony will give you a massive Rs 35 lakh, the company said. The Program has been launched so that Sony can deliver a safer place to play.

“The security of our products is a fundamental part of creating amazing experiences for our community,” Sony said in a blog post adding that “we recognize the valuable role that the research community plays in enhancing security, so we’re excited to announce our program for the broader community.”

The company has tied up with HackerOne for the program and is currently looking for bug reports in the PS4 system, OS, accessories, and PSN. Sony has divided the rewards into different categories - critical, high severity, medium severity, and low severity groups. 

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If you find a critical bug in the PS4, it will make you eligible for a reward starting at $50,000 (roughly Rs 38 lakh) while finding a high, medium, and low severity bug can get you $10,000 (roughly Rs 7.5 lakh), $2,500 (roughly Rs 2 lakh), and $500 (roughly Rs 38,000).

Finding a critical bug in PSN will pay you $3,000 (roughly Rs 2.5 lakh) while finding a high, medium, and low severity bug will get you $1,000 (roughly Rs 75,500), $400 (roughly Rs 30,000), and $100 (roughly Rs 7,500) respectively.

The program comes days after Sony had unveiled the design of its next-gen gaming console - PlayStation 5, along with the line-up of games. The announcement was made during an hour-long digital-only event watched by millions of people globally. For the first time, Sony announced a separate digital edition of its PlayStation that doesn’t come with a disk drive. The PS5 will come with the next-generation, DualSense controller.