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Microsoft has announced an expansion of its bug bounty program to reward researchers for identifying critical vulnerabilities in any software that could impact its online services, regardless of ownership. This policy change was revealed at Black Hat Europe by Tom Gallagher, emphasizing the need to address vulnerabilities in third-party components as attackers do not differentiate between Microsoft and non-Microsoft code.
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