---
id: 3693
title: "Marten Mickos: Why I Joined HackerOne as CEO"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/marten-mickos-why-i-joined-hackerone-ceo"
published_at: "2015-11-11T12:06:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "leadership", "hackerone", "announcement", "marten-mickos"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3693"
lang: en
---

# Marten Mickos: Why I Joined HackerOne as CEO

## Summary

Incoming CEO Marten Mickos explains why he joined HackerOne: a networked world needs responsible hackers, and the platform has already paid ~$5M in bounties for 14,000+ vulnerabilities.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2015-11-11T12:06:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/marten-mickos-why-i-joined-hackerone-ceo
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3693