Fiat Chrysler Automobiles needs help finding bugs in its vehicles, and it's willing to pay for your expertise.

The automaker on Wednesday launched a bug country program on the Bugcrowd platform offering cold hard cash for information about security flaws in its vehicles and connected services. Fiat Chrysler is willing to pay $150 to $1,500 per bug, depending on its impact and severity.

The company said its goal with this new program is to "foster a collaborative relationship with researchers" and encourage the practice of responsible disclosure.

"There are a lot of people that like to tinker with their vehicles or tinker with IT systems," Titus Melnyk, senior manager of security architecture for Fiat Chrysler, said in a statement. "We want to encourage independent security researchers to reach out to us and share what they've found so that we can fix potential vulnerabilities before they're an issue for our consumers."

The program comes after security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek last year leveraged a flaw in Fiat Chrysler's Uconnect system to remotely hack a jeep, taking Wired writer Andy Greenberg on a once-in-a-lifetime thrill ride.

The move prompted Fiat Chrysler to recall 1.4 million US vehicles, and the car maker was, naturally, less than thrilled with the way the researchers disclosed the problem.

"Exposing or publicizing vulnerabilities for the singular purpose of grabbing headlines or fame does little to protect the consumer," Melnyk said this week. "Rather, we want to reward security researchers for the time and effort, which ultimately benefits us all."

Fiat Chrysler is, specifically, looking for bugs in its connected vehicles, including the systems within them and the external services and applications that interact with them. That includes the company's Uconnect apps for iOS and Android.

The company promised to "investigate legitimate reports and make every effort to correct any valid vulnerability as quickly as possible." White hat hackers can head over to Fiat Chrysler's Bugcrowd page for details of the new program.

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