Intel Appears To End Its Bug Bounty Program
Intel has suspended its paid bug bounty program and replaced it with a new responsible disclosure initiative that offers no financial rewards. The previous program, hosted by Intigriti, provided bounties ranging from $500 to $100,000 for security vulnerabilities in Intel's hardware, software, and firmware. While Intel has not officially stated the reason for the change, the timing coincides with a surge in AI-generated security reports across the industry.
- ▪Intel's existing bug bounty program on Intigriti is now marked as suspended.
- ▪The new program launched by Intel is a responsible disclosure initiative without any paid bounties.
- ▪Intel's previous bug bounty awards ranged from $500 to $100,000 USD.
- ▪The program covered Intel's hardware, software, firmware, and open-source projects.
- ▪Intel has not provided an official explanation for ending the paid bounties.
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Intel Appears To End Its Bug Bounty Program Written by Michael Larabel in Intel on 18 September 2026 at 05:54 AM EDT. Add A Comment Amid a boom of bug reporting in general due to AI/LLMs across the entire software ecosystem, Intel this week appears to have ended its paid bug bounty program. They have (re)launched a new bug reporting program but with the bounties removed. A Phoronix reader wrote in this morning after noticing that Intel ended their existing bug bounty program and then launched a new program sans with any paid bounties for reporting bugs. Intigriti has been Intel's provider for hosting their bug bounty program that covers both their hardware and software products as well as firmware, Intel open-source projects, and more.
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