Six ethical hackers become millionaires reporting bugs via the HackerOne platform

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HackerOne has awarded $21m to hackers in the past one year for finding and reporting security flaws
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HackerOne has awarded $21m to hackers in the past one year for finding and reporting security flaws

The platform has awarded $21 million to hackers in the year for finding and reporting security bugs

Six ethical hackers have become millionaires by finding security flaws and reporting them via the bug bounty programmes managed by HackerOne. In a blog post, HackerOne revealed that almost 5,000 security...

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