EU to fund bug bounty programs for LibreOffice, Mastodon, three others
The European Union will fund a bug bounty program for five open source projects that are heavily used by public services across the EU.
The five programs include LibreOffice, a document editing app and a free alternative to Microsoft Office; Mastodon, a web-based utility for hosting your private social network; Odoo, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application; Cryptopad, an app exchanging encrypted messages; and LEOS, a software designed to help with drafting legislation.
The bug bounty program will run throughout the year on the Intigriti bug bounty platform, and the EU will provide a rewards pool of up to €200,000 ($225,000). Bug hunters will be eligible to earn as much as €5,000 ($5,600) for “exceptional vulnerabilities,” and they can also earn a 20% bonus if they provide a fix within their reports. The new program was announced last week and is sponsored by the European Commission Open Source Programme Office (EC OSPO).
