Buggletning är en alltmer lönsam bransch. Under 2019 betalades det ut runt 40 miljoner i ersättningar och belöningar för inrapporterade buggar i olika program.
Apple har exempelvis höjt sina ersättning för buggrapporter – för att få in fler buggrapporter:
Hacking may have a negative connotation in many people’s minds. Still, there is an increasing number of hackers that are using their skills to help corporations and governments avoid SNAFUs that end up costing them billions of dollars. HackerOne’s mission is to connect hackers and organizations, who are now pouring $40 million a year for bug bounties.
Hackers who leak industry secrets like the one that divulged the Switch ahead of launch put their freedom at great risk, but others can make a small fortune if they focus on using their skills for ethical purposes.
It might seem hard to believe, but according to an annual report from the bug bounty platform HackerOne, the so-called white hat community has been snowballing over the last few years. The organization said its base or registered hackers exceeded 600,000 in 2019, double the number it had in 2018.
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