Crowdsourced security company Bugcrowd paid over $500K ($513,333) to 237 whitehat hackers in a single week for the first time since launching its bug bounty platform more than seven years ago. Over $1.5 million earned paid last month for the month of October. Bugc Crowd connects a large community of security researchers with companies that need to have their apps probed for vulnerabilities via both public and private programs. The biggest payout to a single hacker totaled over $40,000.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bugcrowd-paid-over-500k-in-bug-bounties-in-one-week/