Teen is first to earn $1M in bug bounties on HackerOne platform

Here are some of the highlights from the 2019 Hacker Report:

  • $19 million in customer bounties earned in 2018, representing nearly the bounty totals for all preceding years combined.
  • By the end of 2018, hackers had earned over $42 million.
  • Some hackers earned $100K for one vulnerability.
  • A 19-year-old that goes by the handle “@try_to_hack” became the first white hat hacker to surpass $1 million in bounty awards.
  • The community has over 300,000 registered hackers.
  • Over $100,000 valid vulnerabilities have been submitted.

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