Don't do bad things, white hat hackers get into 100,000 knifes a year

There is no doubt that being able to invade a computer to steal data or turn it into its own broiler is an extremely valuable skill, although this skill can be used on the right path as well as on the evil path. And we all know that the income from doing bad things with this skill is not unreasonable.

Of course, it is difficult to know the average income of senior hackers, but the profit of ransomware is just very rich.

Ransomware refers to the fact that when a hacker discovers that your computer has a security vulnerability, it installs software to lock your computer or files through a security hole in your computer until you pay a ransom to unlock it. Americans paid $24 million for this purpose in 2015, and this is only the ransom paid by the person who made the alarm.

However, according to the latest survey by HackerOne, a rewards organization startup, white hats can also earn good income by participating in loopholes. When a company or government agency invites hackers to invade, it will pay bonuses for the loopholes found by hackers. This is a reward for rewards. The more serious the vulnerability, the higher the bonus.

Google announced earlier this week in its "Project Zero Prize" that it will award hackers $200,000 to find the best Android bug, and the second and third prizes will be $100,000 respectively. 50 thousand dollars. However, this level of bonus is not always the case. For example, Microsoft pays $500 to $15,000 for qualifying holes in its Edge browser.

For those hackers who are committed to this, they can also enjoy a good life through the loopholes.

According to HackerOne's survey of 617 successful hackers, half of the hackers can earn more than $35,000 each year through loophole reward programs, 11% of hackers can earn more than 50,000 US dollars, and 6% of hackers can earn more than 100,000 US dollars each year.

We often ask, can hackers rely on holes to reward life? Seventeen percent of the surveyed hackers claimed that all their revenues were from rewards for rewards, and 26% of the surveyed hackers claimed that more than 70% of their annual income was from rewards.

Successful hackers are also young, most of them younger than 35 years old.

90% of hackers surveyed by HackerOne are under the age of 35, with the largest number of people aged 18 to 24 reaching 43%, followed by 41% in the 25 to 34 age group. Only 6% of the hackers surveyed said they were between the ages of 13 and 17, and less than 1% of the hackers surveyed were under the age of 13!

Although most of the hackers surveyed stated that they were engaged in this line for money or fun, more than 50% of white hats claimed to have found these loopholes to help fight the bad guys.

Via BI