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A real macOS flaw worth $200K went unreported because Apple's bug bounty inbox was full of AI slop

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A real macOS flaw worth $200K went unreported because Apple's bug bounty inbox was full of AI slop

The Decoder · Aug 2, 2026, 12:42 PM UTC

Apple's bug bounty program is drowning in AI-generated bug reports. The company has capped submissions per researcher because fabricated reports are clogging the review pipeline. As a result, Italian startup Bynario was initially unable to report a serious macOS vulnerability worth up to $200,000 on the black market.…