---
id: 3042
title: "Six years of the GitHub Security Bug Bounty program"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/six-years-github-security-bug-bounty-program"
published_at: "2020-04-02T17:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "github", "vulnerability-disclosure", "hackerone", "milestone", "oauth-bypass"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3042"
lang: en
---

# Six years of the GitHub Security Bug Bounty program

## Summary

GitHub marks six years of its Security Bug Bounty program with $1 million paid to researchers since 2016, a 40% rise in submissions, and an average response time of 17 hours.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2020-04-02T17:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/six-years-github-security-bug-bounty-program
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3042