---
id: 3505
title: "Mr. Chairman, we need hackers!"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/mr-chairman-we-need-hackers"
published_at: "2018-03-15T16:01:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "government", "policy", "hackerone", "advocacy", "charity"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3505"
lang: en
---

# Mr. Chairman, we need hackers!

## Summary

Marten Mickos on HackerOne's Senate testimony and $25 million paid to its hacker community: a quarter of surveyed hackers donate bounty money to charity, and bounties now reach $250,000.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2018-03-15T16:01:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/mr-chairman-we-need-hackers
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3505