---
id: 3665
title: "What Was It Like To Hack the Pentagon?"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/what-was-it-hack-pentagon"
published_at: "2016-06-17T12:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "case-study", "government", "dod", "hack-the-pentagon"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3665"
lang: en
---

# What Was It Like To Hack the Pentagon?

## Summary

Behind the scenes of Hack the Pentagon: the U.S. government's first bug bounty drew its first report within 13 minutes, accepted 1,400+ hackers and resolved 138 valid vulnerabilities over 24 days.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2016-06-17T12:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/what-was-it-hack-pentagon
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3665