---
id: 4729
title: "‘The unpredictability and creativity of actual threat actors’: Energy giant NOV reaps the rewards of Bug Bounty"
source_domain: yeswehack.com
source_url: "https://www.yeswehack.com/customer-stories/threat-actors-energy-nov-rewards"
published_at: "2025-09-18 13:54"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "continuous-testing", "customer-story", "attacker-mindset", "nov", "energy"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4729"
lang: en
---

# ‘The unpredictability and creativity of actual threat actors’: Energy giant NOV reaps the rewards of Bug Bounty

## Summary

Energy giant NOV's security directors on why they launched a Bug Bounty Program, the real-world attacker mindset hunters bring, and plans for a tighter feedback loop to bake security in by design.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** yeswehack.com
- **Published:** 2025-09-18 13:54
- **Original:** https://www.yeswehack.com/customer-stories/threat-actors-energy-nov-rewards
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4729