wiens , a melbourne computer security analyst , says united airlines awarded him the seven - figure bounty for locating a bug in its website .
united about a remote - code execution flaw in the airline ’s web site , jordan wiens was awarded his mileage last week .
two months after united airlines launched a bug - bounty program to reward researchers who report flaws in the company ’s web site and apps , a researcher has received 1 million air miles in the first reward given .
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the carrier said the so - called “ bug bounty program — the first for the airline industry .
wiens , who founded a security company in florida called vector 35 and not too long ago worked for a government contractor , submitted what he thought were a couple of “ lame ” bugs to united ’s two - month - old bug bounty program — his first commercial bounty submission .
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united is the first airline to launch a bug bounty program .
it was the first time wiens , owner of the florida - based security firm vector 35 , had submitted to a bug - bounty program .