Hackers bank big bucks at live hacking event in France

guest · Jan 31, 2020

Hackers bank big bucks at live hacking event in France
YesWeHack hosts two-day bug bounty at Lille cyber conference
January 31, 2020
https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/hackers-bank-big-bucks-at-live-hacking-event-in-france

Hackers descended on the French city of Lille this week to participate in a live bug bounty event, hosted by European platform YesWeHack.

Four organizations participated in the event, which took place on Wednesday and Thursday (January 28-29), as part of the 2020 Forum International de la Cybersécurité (FIC), an annual conference and trade show.
Companies taking part in the hacker competition included The Red Cross, Oui SNCF, secure messaging provider Olvid, and Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr, a cybersecurity division of the French government.

“Large organizations spend way more on bug bounties than smaller ones, but smaller ones can also manage to get secured through bug bounties,” Harand told The Daily Swig ahead of the two-day bug hunt.
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App attack
Each participating company offered its own program scope during the live hacking event, with prizes for vulnerabilities found ranging from €800-€5,000 ($880-$5,510).

No denial-of-service attacks were allowed, nor were public disclosures of any discovered bugs. Any hacker was free to take part, as long as they were registered with the YesWeHack platform.
European alternative
Based in France, YesWeHack was established in 2013 to offer an alternative to US bug bounty platforms and encourage more organizations in France to start realizing the benefits of crowdsourced security.
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YesWeHack: FIC 2020 – LIVE Bug Bounty by YesWeHack

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