According to a recent Bugcrowd report, government industries saw a 151% increase in vulnerability submissions in 2023, making it the fastest growing sector for crowdsourced security. Other industries recording big increases in submissions included retail (+34%), corporate services (+20%) and computer software (+12%).
Over the past year, the hacker community recorded a 30% increase in Web submissions created compared to 2022, an 18% increase in API submissions, a 21% increase in Android submissions and a 17% increase in iOS submissions.