The State challenges hackers of all kinds.
While the government generalized the dematerialization of the driving license two weeks ago on the France Identity application, the first step towards an interoperable European digital identity wallet, the platform has been offering, since Wednesday, a
public
“bug bounty”
in order to to strengthen its security.
And to prevent possible flaws.
With a reward, which can range from 100 euros for a slight defect found to 25,000 euros for a major flaw.
“The bonuses awarded for each vulnerability discovered will be determined according to their criticality and their potential impact on the system
,” we indicate in a press release.
For this operation, France Identity
“encourages the entire cyber community”
.
“Anyone wishing to participate in this bug bounty must register on the YesWeHack platform, a French platform specializing in the coordination of bug hunting programs”,
which has 35,000 hackers, specifies France Idété.
The “security” of the program
After several months of
“beta”
phase , the application is intended to take up more and more space in the coming months on French smartphones.
Gérald Darmanin, with this in mind, mentioned the generalization of the digital identity card, by the municipal elections of 2026. This will make it possible to carry out online procedures such as voting proxies.
Reason why
“security is at the heart of the program”
.
“In the interests of transparency, a private bug bounty had already been launched in June 2022. 2024 marks a new stage for the program in terms of security and transparency
,” insists the platform.