Hack the Pentagon: White hats discovered over 100 vulnerabilities on Pentagon infrastructure as part of a bug program bounty.
In the Hack the Pentagon bug bounty took part around 1.400 hackers. The program distributed 14.000 dollars for revealing various vulnerabilities.
The Minister of Defense of USA Ashton Carter δήλωσε στο συνέδριο Defense One που πραγματοποιήθηκε στην Washington DC την Παρασκευή ότι το bug bounty μείωσε το κόστος για την ανακάλυψη ευπαθειών.
"They help us be safer at a lower cost," Carter said.
So it seems the Pentagon managed with little money to additionally strengthen its digital defenses and national security in general.
Hackers of bugs had to be checked before they were allowed to violate Pentagon systems, and particularly sensitive segments were left out of bug bounty.
Carter also revealed in a speech that the Pentagon will seek to monitor top IT in information security and give top positions to the army.