---
id: 3703
title: "What's in a Name?"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/whats-name"
published_at: "2015-02-26T13:22:00Z"
tags: ["community", "history", "vulnerability-disclosure", "hackerone", "hacking-culture"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3703"
lang: en
---

# What's in a Name?

## Summary

On HackerOne's name and mission: honoring the original MIT 'hacker' spirit while tracing how vulnerability disclosure evolved from gag orders and lawsuits to collaborative bounty programs.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2015-02-26T13:22:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/whats-name
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3703