Whistleblower payoffs in the US can be up to 30% of collected money <a href="https://www.sec.gov/whistleblower" rel="nofollow">https://www.sec.gov/whistleblower</a><p>> <i>The Commission is authorized by Congress to provide monetary awards to eligible individuals who come forward with high-quality original information that leads to a Commission enforcement action in which over $1,000,000 in sanctions is ordered. The range for awards is between 10% and 30% of the money collected.</i><p>If the government started paying off employees who report data violations, there would be a lot of retired engineers on Hacker News!