The developers from the Riot Games studio are so confident in their anti-cheat Vanguard, which works in League of Legends and Valorant, that they are ready to offer up to $100 thousand for searching for system vulnerabilities.
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As noted by the PC Gamer portal, the Vanguard bug bounty program was launched along with Valorant several years ago and is still working to strengthen anti-cheat.
Riot is asking the community for help with security issues. Those who report found vulnerabilities through the studio’s initiative on the HackerOne platform can expect a reward.
The minimum reward under the program is $250, and the maximum is up to $100 thousand. This is the amount Riot is willing to pay to bona fide hackers who discover, for example, a loophole to disconnect a user from a session.
Rewards are only given for uncovering loopholes in the Vanguard kernel mode driver. To get paid, hackers need to provide a reliable proof of concept according to strict rules.
Revealing Valorant gameplay bugs does not provide a reward
For comparison: for finding a critical vulnerability in Valve games you can get no more than $7,500, while the maximum reward is up to $20 thousand. Since the launch of the program in 2018, the company has already paid out more than $2.3 million.
Meanwhile, streamer IceManIsaac jokes, Activision is offering “up to 100 Call of Duty points to anyone who can find a replacement for its anti-cheat Ricochet.” Fans hope that the company will take drastic measures to improve the system.