September 20, 2016

Student cybervandal earns $300,000 for hacking US Airlines

The student who formerly hacked a rival school is now getting $300,000 worth of air miles from United Airlines' Bug Bounty Program.

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June 21, 2016

138 security flaws in US defense websites uncovered in Hack the Pentagon

Results are in from the US Defense Department's pilot "Hack the Pentagon" bug bounty initiative.

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March 21, 2016

India’s white hats lead the world at breaking Facebook

India's white hat hackers have been singled out by Facebook for their prolific contribution to the social network's four year old bug bounty program.

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March 07, 2016

“Hack the Pentagon” bug bounty program announced

First, we vet you, the US says. Then, keep your hands where we can see them. Now we're just like the cool tech companies!

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December 31, 2015

Tor Project to launch first bug bounty program

It's by invitation only. Let's hope they open it up to all soon, given the many parties who'd love to get their hands on a Tor zero-day.

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July 13, 2015

United Airlines pays hacker one million air miles in bug bounty reward

It didn't take Jordan Wiens very long to find a vulnerability in United Airlines' network, but the payoff was huge - one million free air miles for about six hours of work.

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June 17, 2015

Google launches Android bug bounty program

After paying out $1.5 million to security researchers last year, Google now offers cash to Android bug hunters.

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March 06, 2015

Adobe launches bountyless bug hunt program on HackerOne

Forget cash, Adobe is offering reputational points instead with its new bug bounty program.

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