Bug bounty isn’t dying. It’s the future.

Published

2021-01-10 00:00

Collected

2026-07-03 04:02

---
id: 1719
title: "Bug bounty isn’t dying. It’s the future."
source_domain: josephthacker.com
source_url: "https://josephthacker.com/hacking/cybersecurity/2021/01/10/bug-bounty-isnt-dying.html"
published_at: "2021-01-10T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "methodology", "opinion"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1719"
lang: en
---

# Bug bounty isn’t dying. It’s the future.

## Summary

Joseph Thacker rebuts the "bug bounty is dying" narrative with seven arguments: continuous testing versus point-in-time pentests, crowdsourced expertise, incentives for responsible disclosure, no financial risk, and paying only for results.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** josephthacker.com
- **Published:** 2021-01-10T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://josephthacker.com/hacking/cybersecurity/2021/01/10/bug-bounty-isnt-dying.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1719