Hack the Marine Corps Nets 150 Computer Bugs and $150,000 in Rewards

NextGov: Ethical hackers uncovered nearly 150 digital vulnerabilities in U.S. Marine Corps websites and took home $150,000 in cash rewards during the military’s sixth public bug bounty challenge, the company that managed the bounty announced Wednesday.

A pair of hackers split one $10,000 reward, which is among the highest payouts yet for the military’s bug bounty programs, according to a blog post from the company HackerOne. The record payout for a single vulnerability report so far was $12,500 during the Air Force’s second bug bounty contest.

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