Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development and Rostelecom announced the launch of the white hat hacker bounty program as part of the State Services service and the Unified Identity and Authentication System (ESIA). Referring to the words of Minister Maksut Shadayev, informs TASS.
White “hackers” are independent information security experts who specialize in finding vulnerabilities in programs, mobile apps, websites, and other client systems. In the case of Gosuslugi, the client is Rostelecom. According to Shadayev, the amount of payment for each vulnerability found will reach 1 million rubles.
It is stated that you can sign up to search for vulnerabilities in Gosuslugi and ESIA through Standoff 365 Bug Bounty aggregators from Positive Technologies and BI.Zone Bug Bounty from BI.Zone. In the first system, people over 14 years old (with the written consent of the parents) are allowed to register, in the second system, from the age of 18.
Formerly socialbites.ca Wrote From 1 June 2023, the inclusion of two-factor authentication will become mandatory for all “Gosuslug” users.