Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat have a found a unique way to find glitches. It may surprise you, but it is true that they are paying hefty amounts to white hat hackers around the world to keep them updated about the glitches in their system.
These technical giants are spending about around £156,000 every day, to keep their system hassle free.
One of the hackers known as Topiary online, Jake Davis, who was previously a black hat hacker, and was arrested in 2011, but now works for the giant technical companies.
He explains his work to Newsbeat, he is now paid by the likes of Twitter to hack their website. "Twitter have paid me for disclosing bugs to them. It's very simple."
According to him, the hackers would be happy to do this work even if they are not paid, so the money is just a bonus for them. For them, the main reward is "kudos from other hackers. They're good at hacking, and they want to be seen to be good at the thing."
The larger tech companies are more generous with their payouts. "Facebook are particularly good, they have got a £500 minimum for disclosing bugs to them," says Jake.
He says that till now Twitter has paid $800,000 (£625,000) to nearly 642 hackers.
These technical giants are spending about around £156,000 every day, to keep their system hassle free.
One of the hackers known as Topiary online, Jake Davis, who was previously a black hat hacker, and was arrested in 2011, but now works for the giant technical companies.
He explains his work to Newsbeat, he is now paid by the likes of Twitter to hack their website. "Twitter have paid me for disclosing bugs to them. It's very simple."
According to him, the hackers would be happy to do this work even if they are not paid, so the money is just a bonus for them. For them, the main reward is "kudos from other hackers. They're good at hacking, and they want to be seen to be good at the thing."
The larger tech companies are more generous with their payouts. "Facebook are particularly good, they have got a £500 minimum for disclosing bugs to them," says Jake.
He says that till now Twitter has paid $800,000 (£625,000) to nearly 642 hackers.