The first millionaire bug-bounty hacker

stapp · Mar 1, 2019

He's 19 and the first person to make a million on the HackerOne platform.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/techn...eenager-is-making-millions-by-hacking-legally

guest · Mar 1, 2019

The second millionaire:
Two White Hats Earn Over $1 Million via Bug Bounty Programs
March 1, 2019
https://www.securityweek.com/two-white-hats-earn-over-1-million-bug-bounty-programs

The second HackerOne member to earn over $1 million – just a few days after Lopez passed this milestone – is Mark Litchfield, aka “mlitchfield.” He has helped companies such as Dropbox, Yelp, Venmo, Starbucks, Shopify and Rockstar Games address roughly 900 security holes.
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Floyd 57 · Mar 1, 2019

It's kinda funny cuz if they sold those vulnerabilities in the form of an exploit kit or something like that on the dark web, they'd likely earn a lot more... You only hear about the whitehats, cuz the blackhats hide themselves. And if they teamed up with malware groups, even better. Phishing ransomware and just malware in general is a gold mine. But you gotta have some *****

guest · Aug 29, 2019

Five More Hackers Become Millionaires on HackerOne
August 29, 2019
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/five-more-hackers-become-millionaires-on-hackerone/

HackerOne says that five more hackers have become millionaires after reporting security vulnerabilities through the vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform.

"Now, Mark Litchfield (@mlitchfield) from the U.K., Nathaniel Wakelam (@nnwakelam) from Australia, FransRosen (@fransrosen) from Sweden, Ron Chan (@ngalog) from Hong Kong, and Tommy DeVoss (@dawgyg) from the U.S. joined the $1M hacker ranks by hacking for improved internet security," adds HackerOne.
This brings the total to six researchers having earned over $1 million in bounties since the platform started connecting penetration testers and security researchers with businesses all over the world.
$62 million in bounties paid in total
The hackers earn monetary rewards each time they report a security weakness in the software of organizations that run bug bounty programs on the HackerOne platform.

HackerOne’s 2019 Hacker-Powered Security Report also published today with findings based on over 123,000 resolved security issues, more than 1,400 customer programs and over $62 million in bounties paid to hackers from over 150 countries shows that more severe vulnerabilities are being discovered than ever before.
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guest · Sep 1, 2019

Hacking can now make you a millionaire in the most legal way
September 1, 2019
https://www.digitalinformationworld...ounty-record-earning-over-1-million-each.html

Bug bounty programs
Although all the companies try to secure user personal information but all it takes is a little ignorance for a threat to turn into a malware attack. Companies try to build strong security walls to provide more protection to users but sometimes there are some loopholes that go unnoticed.

The discovery of an average crucial vulnerability and the rewards paid through bug bounty programs increased more than 48 percent since the last year. The bug bounty program involved industries which observed an increase in the average reward for more than 715 percent since 2016.
Bottom Line
Bug bounty programs to discover loopholes and to reward the researchers is a great step towards making the internet a safe and secure place for all sort of users from all over the world. If you want to be a millionaire, start finding flaws in most used online websites and apps.
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guest · Sep 22, 2019

Here's what it's like being a hacker millionaire under the age of 25
September 22, 2019
https://www.insider.com/how-2-white-hat-hackers-became-millionaires-before-the-age-of-25-2019-9

Hackers loom large in people's imaginations often because of film and TV depictions of hooded figures typing furiously to crack into some top-secret vault somewhere.
But not every hacker is a criminal and more companies solicit so-called "white hat" hackers to break through their security to show them where their weaknesses lie, paying them with "bug bounties."

Business Insider exchanged emails with two young hackers who became millionaires, having made a career from bug bounties.
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guest · Feb 24, 2020

Congratulations, Cosmin! The world’s seventh million-dollar bug bounty hacker
February 24, 2020
https://www.hackerone.com/blog/cong...rlds-seventh-million-dollar-bug-bounty-hacker

The entire HackerOne team is beyond excited that the ranks of seven-figure-earning hackers have risen to eight this month.

Cosmin (@inhibitor181) is the seventh to join this talented group of hackers, proving to the world that the concept of hacking as a viable career has become a reality. Not only are more hackers earning most or all of their income from hacking, but they’re also making a good living doing it. Besides the eight hackers passing the $1 million earnings milestone, twelve more hit $500,000 in lifetime earnings and 146 earned $100,000, up from 50 last year.
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Minimalist · Feb 27, 2020

Bug bounties have made these hackers millionaires

Bug bounty programs continue to grow as businesses and even federal governments seek out the help of white hat hackers to find vulnerabilities in their software.

The bug bounty platform HackerOne, which helps connect companies to ethical hackers, has grown to include a community of 600,000 white hackers who managed to cash in a record $40m in bounties over the past 12 months according to its annual report on the state of ethical hacking.
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https://www.techradar.com/news/bug-bounties-have-made-these-hackers-millionaires

Minimalist · May 27, 2020

$100 million in bounties paid by HackerOne to ethical hackers

Bug bounty platform HackerOne announced today that it has paid out $100,000,000 in rewards to white-hat hackers around the world as of May 26, 2020.
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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ounties-paid-by-hackerone-to-ethical-hackers/

guest · Dec 24, 2020

Hacker earns $2 million in bug bounties on HackerOne
December 24, 2020
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-earns-2-million-in-bug-bounties-on-hackerone/

Cosmin Iordache is the first bug bounty hunter to earn more than $2,000,000 in bounty awards through the vulnerability coordination and bug bounty program HackerOne.

HackerOne says that Cosmin (aka @inhibitor181) was also the 7th hacker to reach $1 million in earnings in just two years, as announced 334 days ago.
He was able to get to the 7-figure payout mark by bringing in roughly $300,000 in bounties over just 90 days.
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The first millionaire hacker, 19-year-old Argentinian Santiago Lopez, was announced by HackerOne in March 2019, one year after he started to learn about hacking as a 16-year-old.
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