An 18 year old hacker, David Dworken, who recently graduated from high school, helped the Pentagon by hacking its servers. The Pentagon, in return, warmly welcomed and received the hacker. The Pentagon recently launched the bug bounty program, inviting all skilled hackers to participate in the “Hack The Pentagon.” Over 1400 hackers participated in the program, out of which 138 legimate bugs were found, allowing hackers to steal sensitive information.
Dworken was welcomed by the secretary of defense at the Pentagon, promising to hack the Pentagon again.
The Hack The Pentagon program was invested with $150,000. This program was introduced to avoid any further cyber attacks from the black hat hackers. During this, 1189 reports were submitted and a total bounty paid was $71,200. The most common bug found during the hack program was cross site scripting (Xss).
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