Florida corrections officials say a computer glitch may have been the reason all the doors of a prison’s maximum-security wing unexpectedly opened at once—but a more malicious possibility exists. Security researchers say many prison systems have vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers.

Technical debt is a metaphor for the result of skipping design or the implementation steps in order to achieve a short-term goal. The next time you work with code, remember that changes may be more costly to make because of your prior decisions. You achieved something, but you incurred debt.

To keep security bug reports coming in for their bug bounty programs, Google is willing to write bigger checks. The company announced that it is raising security rewards—up to five times higher in some cases—for its Chromium program. Pamela Rentz highlights the recent bug bounty program changes.