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.
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 the 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 strong proof of concept according to strict rules.
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, jokes streamer IceManIsaac, Activision offers “up to 100 Call of Duty points to anyone who finds a replacement for its anti-cheat Ricochet”. Fans hope that the company will take drastic measures to improve the system.
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