---
id: 3168
title: "Bug Bounty Myth #4: You Can’t Trust Hackers"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bug-bounty-myth-4-bug-bounty-trust-hackers/"
published_at: "2018-05-25T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "bugcrowd", "trust", "id-verification", "researcher-community", "white-hat"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3168"
lang: en
---

# Bug Bounty Myth #4: You Can’t Trust Hackers

## Summary

Bugcrowd tackles the myth that hackers can't be trusted, describing a researcher crowd spanning 100+ countries, ID verification, and data showing most hold day jobs in security.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2018-05-25T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/bug-bounty-myth-4-bug-bounty-trust-hackers/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3168