---
id: 3638
title: "Bug Bounty Programs Taking Off!"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/bug-bounty-programs-taking"
published_at: "2016-10-04T14:48:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "security-industry", "statistics", "hackerone", "market-growth"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3638"
lang: en
---

# Bug Bounty Programs Taking Off!

## Summary

HackerOne's Q3 wrap-up: over $10 million paid in bounties, 30,000+ vulnerabilities fixed across 600+ customer programs, and the argument that $600 bounties can avert $6M breaches.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2016-10-04T14:48:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/bug-bounty-programs-taking
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3638