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A hacker using a laptop computer at the Hacked By Def Con Press Preview during the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studios on April 15, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

DDS rolls out new website to help Pentagon scale bug bounties, attract cyber talent

"Hack the Pentagon" initiatives leverage white hat hackers who receive monetary rewards or “bug bounties” for finding and reporting cyber vulnerabilities.

Mar 30, 2023 By Jon Harper

DOD pays out $75K for vulnerabilities discovered by white hat hackers

In the latest iteration of DOD's bug bounty program, ethical hackers discovered nearly 350 bugs inside the department's networks.

Sep 29, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Ongoing bug-bounty pilot pinpoints many vulnerabilities in DOD’s cyberspace

Through Hack U.S., the Pentagon is offering cash rewards for exposures of digital weaknesses.

Jul 8, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

DOD expands vulnerability disclosure program to contracting base in pilot

Forty-one defense contractors in the small-to-medium-size range participated in a vulnerability disclosure pilot that resulted in 1,015 reports, of which 401 were validated by system owners for…

May 2, 2022 By Billy Mitchell