Published on March 6th, 2016 📆 | 1547 Views ⚑
0Bug bounty program — DoD invites Hackers to “Hack the Pentagon”
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U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) has launched the first ever bug bounty program in the history of federal government. In a press released published earlier this week on U.S. DoD website officials invited all the hackers and security researchers; to test their department's cyber security.
The bug bounty program has been a big revolution for major giants like; Google, Facebook,Apple, Android, Microsoft etc. It helped them in discovering new bugs before any cyber criminal exploits them. The bug bounty program kicks off from 16th April 2016; the participation rules are not announced yet. One disappointing news for many hackers and security researchers is - participant should have a U.S. citizenship.
The motive behind the launch of bug bounty program is to ameliorate the security and digital services. Any hacker who will participate in this bug bounty program will have a background check. Never before a government sector has launched a bug bounty program.
“I am always challenging our people to think outside the five-sided box that is the Pentagon,” said Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. “Inviting responsible hackers to test our cybersecurity certainly meets that test. I am confident this innovative initiative will strengthen our digital defenses and ultimately enhance our national security.”
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