PayPal Reviewing Qualifying Age For Vulnerability Rewards 95
itwbennett writes "In follow-up to 17-year old Robert Kugler's claim that PayPal denied him a bug bounty because he was under 18, the company now says that it is 'investigating whether it can lower the qualifying age for vulnerability rewards for those who responsibly report security problems.' The company also said that the vulnerability had already been reported by another researcher — although they didn't mention that in the email to Kugler telling him he wouldn't be receiving payment."
Re:Make payment to parents or guardians (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Award scholarships for under-aged people (Score:5, Informative)
OP is a dumbass, there aren't any legal complications here, just policy:
Kugler has a record for finding security problems. He's received two payments for US$4,500 from Mozilla for finding two problems in its Firefox browser and also was listed as a noted security researcher by Microsoft last month.
Mozilla had no problem paying him.