the.com/bugbounty
companies pay hackers to break in first so criminals don't get the honor.
means a program where organizations reward independent security researchers for finding and reporting software vulnerabilities before criminals exploit them.
from netscape ran the first modern one in 1995, offering cash for browser bugs; the model languished until hackerone and bugcrowd industrialized it around 2012, turning freelance hacking into a legitimate career path.
biggest payoutsingle bugs have earned researchers over $2 million
pentagon programhack the pentagon launched in 2016, feds paid hackers
top earnerssome hunters make six figures yearly, no employer
scope mattersreport outside defined scope, you get nothing