Hacker Arne Swinnen created fake Google, Microsoft and Instagram accounts and tied them to premium phone numbers. He could have stolen 432,000 per year from Google, 669,000 from Microsoft and 2,066,000 a year from Instagram. Facebook (who owns Instagram) and Microsoft rewarded him with $2000 and $500 via their bug bounty programs. Google mentioned his name in the company’s Hall of Fame, while Microsoft gave him a $500 bug bounty.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/07/hack-make-money.html