News Hackers Have More Earning Potential Than IT Pros, Bounty Program Report Finds

[Admin]

HackerOne's latest report said a hacker's potential earnings is "well above" $90,000.

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[USAFRet]

"and that seven hackers each brought in $1 million a piece for the vulnerabilities they found. "

7 high earners and the rest peons.

 

[Pat Flynn]

"The sky has the potential to monsoon and flood my property"... and how often does that happen?

 

[bit_user]

7 high earners and the rest peons.

Pretty much. I'm sure there's more than another seven that make between $1M and their figure of $90k.

But, it's still going to be probably no more than a couple % that make most of the money, and the rest of them competing for table scraps. And a lot of them will be putting in a good deal more than 40 hours/week at it.

However, it's probably not a bad way to get some exposure to real-world security problems, if your ambition is to eventually get a salaried position in the industry.