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The Department of Defense will expand its vulnerability disclosure program in the coming months, inviting ethical hackers to find flaws in a wider array of systems and applications within the Pentagon s public-facing networks.
The Hack the Pentagon program was launched in 2016 to encourage ethical hackers and security researchers to find flaws in public-facing Defense Department applications and websites. The program is overseen by the DOD Cyber Crime Center.
Now, the Pentagon is expanding the program to include all publicly accessible Defense Department systems, which includes IoT devices, industrial control systems, networks and frequency-based communication systems.
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The Defense Digital Service (DDS) and HackerOne today announced the launch of DDS’s eleventh bug bounty program with HackerOne and the third with the U.S. Department of the Army. Hack the Army 3.0 is a time-bound, hacker-powered security test aimed at surfacing vulnerabilities so they can be resolved before they are exploited by adversaries. The bug bounty program is open to both military and civilian participants and will run from January 6, 2021 through February 17, 2021.
Bug bounty programs, like Hack the Army 3.0, incentivize security research and reporting of real-world security vulnerabilities in exchange for monetary rewards for qualified vulnerabilities and participants. These programs are an industry best practice leveraged by the most mature organizations across the world. By disclosing vulnerabilities to security teams, civilian and military hackers will help the U.S. Army secure digital asset
Bug Bounty Program Launched to Discover US Army Vulnerabilities
This will be the 11
th bug bounty program to take place between the DDS and HackerOne, and the third with the US Department of the Army, offering the chance for military and civilian participants to discover vulnerabilities in exchange for monetary rewards. It will run from January 6 to February 17 2021, and is named Hack the Army 3.0.
Participation is by invitation only to civilian hackers and members of the US military, with bug bounties offered only to civilian hackers when valid security vulnerabilities are found according to the program policy.
The purpose of the program is to highlight security vulnerabilities in the US Army’s digital assets before they can be exploited by nefarious actors. These can then be secured to prevent successful cyber-attacks taking place.