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		PradeetPatel on Dec 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Instagram's Million Dollar Bug (2015) As someone who's not in the infosec/cyber industry, what exactly is Zerodium and why is it generally considered a suboptimal buyer?

albntomat0 on Dec 15, 2020 [–]

Zerodium is one of several companies that buys exploits and sells them to governments. This route supposedly pays more than public bug bounties, but with different secrecy etc requirements.

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