Zerodium, launched early this year in the United States by
French online security expert Chaouki Bekrar, said it would pay out $1 million
each to as many as three people or teams who manage to break into iPhones or
iPads equipped with the iOS 9 software.
“Apple iOS, like all operating
system, is often affected by critical security vulnerabilities, however due to
the increasing number of security improvements and the effectiveness of exploit
mitigations in place, Apple’s iOS is currently the most secure mobile OS,” the
company stated in its blog post. “But don’t be
fooled, secure does not mean unbreakable, it just means that iOS has currently
the highest cost and complexity of vulnerability exploitation and here’s where
the Million Dollar iOS 9 Bug Bounty comes into play.”
According to Bekrar, Zerodium has paid out $100,000 to
$150,000 per week to researchers that have disclosed zero-day exploits and
vulnerabilities, with the company offering the most money for mobile exploits
that can go as high as $100,000 each.
Zerodium’s
unprecedented bounty may show just how difficult it’s become to penetrate
Apple’s increasing layers of security. But with a million dollars on the table,
expect a new wave of hackers to try.
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