HackerOne’s 2020 Hacker Report: Hacking as a Career Soars in Popularity
The concept of hacking as a viable career has become a reality, with 18% of survey respondents describing themselves as full-time hackers, searching for vulnerabilities and making the internet safer for everyone. The survey, the 2020 Hacker Report, is from HackerOne.
Not only are more hackers spending a higher percentage of their time hacking, the survey says, they’re also earning a living doing it. The annual report is a benchmark study of the bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure ecosystem, detailing the efforts and motivations of hackers from the 170 countries who represent the HackerOne hacker community and are working to protect the 1,700 companies and government agencies on the HackerOne platform.