The Department of Defense of the United States takes a taste of it. White hat hackers are invited to uncover security vulnerabilities affecting the US Air Force.
After Hack the Pentagon, then Hack the Army, here comes the Hack the Air Force initiative. This bug bounty program will once again be launched in partnership with the HackerOne specialist platform.
Entries will open on May 15th for this security bug hunting contest that runs from May 30th to June 23rd. Like previous initiatives, not all hackers are invited. The track record will be verified.The United States Air Force - which depends on the US Department of Defense - is inviting computer security specialists or hackers white hat across Uncle Sam's country, but also this time from partner nations .
Obviously ... not Russia, but the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Incidentally, it is the famous Five Eyes that are otherwise linked by an alliance of their intelligence services.
This opening of Air Force networks is presented as a great first. "We have malicious hackers trying to penetrate our systems every day. It will be interesting to have friendly hackers, and above all show us how to improve our cybersecurity," said the IT security officer. 'US Air Force.
The US Air Force's main public websites will be the targets, and it is believed that some networks will remain out of the competition and outsourcing to find security vulnerabilities and then correct them.
The amount of rewards is not yet known. Hack the Pentagon had attracted 1400 hackers and disbursed $ 75,000 in rewards. Some 371 white hat hackers for Hack the Army and $ 100,000. Amounts that will appear very light for black hat hackers.
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