HackerOne is a young company that has made money through hacking. The company started as two friends who were good at hacking looking to make money. Instead of hacking as being a destructive thing, this company HackerOne has taken to help companies. The duo started by hacking into Facebook. Then showing Facebook where the company was suspect to attack or was weak in its security defenses. The duo then created a platform for other hackers, to use their skills in a beneficial way. HackerOne gets contracts from different companies that will pay for anyone who can show a weakness in its coding of websites. HackerOne allows different hackers to attempt to hack these individual companies. HackerOne takes twenty percent of the possible payout. So this allows individual hackers to make money for their time and expertise. HackerOne is a company that finds businesses who want to make sure they are secure from outside hackers. By hiring HackerOne a company is able to protect its information much better. HackerOne gives hacking a beneficial purpose and individual hackers the ability to make connections with larger companies so that they can be hired or paid for their services.
This is an extremely creative idea! Taking something that people view as an evil skill in hacking and turning it into something that can benefit any business is cool. Hacking a data leaks are giant problems for large companies, so hopefully this is an effective solution for the problem.
This is a great idea, this is like a new spin on safe and lock companies bringing in professional lock picks to create safety and time ratings for locks.
Wow, I’m so amazed to see such bizarre ideas turning into profitable businesses. Seeing the hobby of these two college students transform from a criminal activity to a service that is now rising in demand is truly unbelievable.
Holy cow, HackerOne is literally taking a crime and turning it into something that is benefiting so many businesses by existing. I am so impressed.