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First, that's not unauthorized testing. Bug bounty programs attract better, more talented testers, because they're compensated and (just as importantly) because they take much of the risk out of testing 3rd party services (a company that offers a bug bounty will have a hard time freaking out about bugs when they're reported).

Second, the companies that offer bug bounties tend to be ones that often spend well into 7-8 figures on security already.



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