Hackers earned nearly $40M in bug bounties in 2019
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Ethical hacking is swiftly turning into a lucrative spare-time activity — for a small chunk of white-hat hackers at least.In its annual report, breach disclosure platform HackerOne revealed it handed out nearly $40 million in bug bounties to security researchers in 2019 alone. The amount equals almost half of the $82 million the company has cumulatively awarded over the years.Attend Europe’s leading (and most FUN) tech event TNW2020[Read: This hacker made $120K in a week by finding bugs in EOS cryptocurrency]HackerOne further noted there is now seven hackers on its platform that have scooped over a million for finding security kinks, as well as 13 more whose earnings have flown past the $500,000 mark.
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