Microsoft pays $100k bounty to British researcher who found Windows 8.1 bug

James Forshaw, who works for Context Information Security, discovered the bug in a preview version of the Windows 8.1 system. Photograph: Context Information Security/PA

 

James Forshaw gets £63,000 reward for discovering fault in software defences that could have been exploited by hackers

Microsoft has paid $100,000 (£62,600) to the British researcher James Forshaw for finding a critical security flaw in the software firm's upcoming Windows 8.1 operating system.