Nintendo offers a bounty of $20,000 for reports on hacking and piracy!

Hacking and technical exploits on gadgets are not new to people. To address the issue of hacking and potential piracy, Nintendo offers a bounty of $20,000 to those who will report exploits to the 3DS console system.

The popular company, Nintendo asked people to report any vulnerabilities and threats to the 3DS security system. The aim of this campaign is to prevent any forms of cheating and hacking for the said console. Nintendo partnered with HackerOne to avoid exposing any form of exploit to the 3DS' feature before it reaches the public.

As a result, Nintendo offered a reward to those who will be able to report potential exploits to existing 3DS features. The reward money will be around $100 to $20,000, depending on what kind of exploit has been revealed and how severe is its impact on the console system.  Nintendo prefers if those who will report these exploits will be able to show proof of the exploit or its code for tracing it.

According to HackerOne, Nintendo only aims to provide a better gameplay experience for everyone in this campaign. Nintendo wants to provide a secure environment to their players. Some of the 3DS' audience are children and shouldn't be exposed to any form of hacking or cheating activities.

Here is an excerpt of HackerOne's statement on their partnership with Nintendo. "Nintendo is dedicated to providing video game fans worldwide premium entertainment in a welcoming and secure environment. To that end, Nintendo invites highly skilled researchers to find and address vulnerabilities on the Nintendo 3DS handheld system that could jeopardize that environment."

Right now, in order for Nintendo to address issues of bypassing the 3DS security features, they're releasing software updates on the systems. Despite the updates, hackers can continue to exploit the 3DS features and bypass security in order to illegally obtain copies of games released for the console. Recently, Nintendo pulled out a game from the eShop because it proved to be vulnerable to hackers, enabling support for unlicensed homebrew software.