Yeah I wondered that too, probably comes out of a different budget so they can manipulate their finances to manage their perception. It also stinks of trying to appear socially responsible with a hint of ‘not our problem’.

What ever happens to those (alleged) ex-intel security / testing employees who left or were laid off as Intel management pushed for sales over stability?

I hate BigTech.com as much as the next guy, but give 'em a break haha. Now we're criticizing them for even when they do the right thing

Bug bounties provide a legal/white-hat path to payout for the 8-billion member external testing department.

do you have any factual reason to think they're not doing both