Significant jump in number of hackers reporting vulnerabilities to companies
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of hackers reporting security vulnerabilities and bugs to enterprises has increased by nearly two-thirds
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The number of white hat hackers who find security vulnerabilities and warn companies about them, usually to earn a bug bounty, increased by 63% in 2020, according to the latest annual
Hacker report.
The number of ethical hackers reporting bugs or vulnerabilities to enterprises has increased by 143% since 2018, demonstrating that hackers and IT security teams are working together much more frequently to manage cyber threats.
Around the World in 2021 Hacker Predictions
In five years, Mårten Mickos, CEO at HackerOne predicts that we’ll see the first hacker pass the $10 million in earnings mark. With increased competition, he says that bounty prices continue to rise and more and more businesses will be offering these types of programs.
With such an immense opportunity for innovation, it’s clear that we’re going to need ethical hackers to help secure these advances in technology. We spoke to a few members of the global HackerOne community about what they think is happening in the market and what to expect in 2021 and beyond.