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25th June 2025 Issue no. 759

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Microsoft pays hacker $100,000 for finding security holes

Microsoft is paying a well-known British hacking expert more than $100,000 for finding security holes in its software, one of the largest bounties awarded to date by a tech company.

The company also released a much anticipated update to Internet Explorer, which it said fixes a bug that made users of the browser vulnerable to remote attack.

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