Over $100K Awarded in Latest Hack the Air Force 2.0 Bug Bounty Effort

The U.S. Air Force has once again engaged with hackers in a bid to help improve the security of the Air Force's public facing digital assets. The 20-day Hack the Air Force 2.0 security initiative was operated by the HackerOne bug bounty platform and involved security researchers from 26 countries that were all looking to find vulnerabilities. As part of the Hack the Air Force 2.0 effort, 106 valid vulnerabilities were discovered, with the Air Force paying a total of $103,883 in award to security researchers. The first Hack the Air Force program in June 2017 resulted in $133,400 in awards that were paid to security researchers.