--- title: Intel Appears To End Its Bug Bounty Program | daily.dev description: Intel appears to have quietly ended its paid bug bounty program, which had offered rewards from $500 to $100,000 for reported vulnerabilities across hardware,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-appears-to-end-its-bug-bounty-program-o2hgv2tfb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Intel Appears To End Its Bug Bounty Program | daily.dev og:description: Intel appears to have quietly ended its paid bug bounty program, which had offered rewards from $500 to $100,000 for reported vulnerabilities across hardware,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-appears-to-end-its-bug-bounty-program-o2hgv2tfb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/O2HgV2tFB.png og:image:alt: Intel Appears To End Its Bug Bounty Program og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Intel Appears To End Its Bug Bounty Program **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Intel appears to have quietly ended its paid bug bounty program, which had offered rewards from $500 to $100,000 for reported vulnerabilities across hardware, software, firmware, and open-source projects. The program hosted on Intigriti now shows as suspended, and Intel has launched a new responsible disclosure program on the same platform that explicitly offers no bounties. Intel has not officially explained the change, though speculation points to the surge in AI/LLM-generated security reports currently overwhelming the Linux kernel and other open-source projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does Intel still pay bug bounties for reported vulnerabilities? No, Intel's paid bug bounty program has been suspended. It previously paid between $500 and $100,000 through Intigriti for vulnerabilities across hardware, software, firmware, and open-source projects. Intel has replaced it with a new program on Intigriti explicitly described as 'a responsible disclosure program without bounties,' meaning researchers can still report issues but will not be paid. _Security researchers tracking vendor disclosure policy shifts can follow updates like this on daily.dev._ ### Why might Intel have ended its paid bug bounty program? No official reason was given, but the timing coincides with a surge of AI/LLM-generated security reports flooding the Linux kernel and other open-source projects, which some speculate may have made paid bounty programs less sustainable or more prone to abuse from low-quality automated submissions. Intel has not confirmed this explanation. _Developers weighing how AI-generated reports affect security workflows can track this trend on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Internet Bug Bounty program hits pause on payouts](https://daily.dev/posts/internet-bug-bounty-program-hits-pause-on-payouts-etorfdare) · InfoWorld · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Bug bounty isn’t dead, but the old model is breaking](https://daily.dev/posts/bug-bounty-isn-t-dead-but-the-old-model-is-breaking-wbwl54kmh) · Aikido Security · 1 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#intel](https://daily.dev/tags/intel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-appears-to-end-its-bug-bounty-program-o2hgv2tfb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Intel Appears To End Its Bug Bounty Program","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-appears-to-end-its-bug-bounty-program-o2hgv2tfb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-appears-to-end-its-bug-bounty-program-o2hgv2tfb"},"datePublished":"2026-09-18T09:57:50.789Z","dateModified":"2026-09-18T12:37:34.843Z","description":"Intel appears to have quietly ended its paid bug bounty program, which had offered rewards from $500 to $100,000 for reported vulnerabilities across hardware,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c69a4c602a24a886852cedfcc8555de8?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c69a4c602a24a886852cedfcc8555de8?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Phoronix","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Phoronix","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/6a26ba379dd64932830aa0c9803dd7ee","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-appears-to-end-its-bug-bounty-program-o2hgv2tfb","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,intel","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phoronix","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Intel Appears To End Its Bug Bounty Program"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-appears-to-end-its-bug-bounty-program-o2hgv2tfb#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does Intel still pay bug bounties for reported vulnerabilities?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No, Intel's paid bug bounty program has been suspended. 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