'Hack The Pentagon' Bug Bounty Program Opens For Registration (securityweek.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Thursday March 31, 2016 @08:42AM from the man-your-battle-stations dept.

wiredmikey writes: Starting today, security researchers can register to test their hacking skills against the Department of Defense (DoD) through "Hack the Pentagon," a new bug bounty program that will award security researchers who discover vulnerabilities on the Pentagon's public web pages. The initiative, run through a partnership with bug bounty platform provider HackerOne, is the first of its kind in the history of the federal government. The Hack the Pentagon bug bounty pilot will start on Monday, April 18 and end by Thursday, May 12. "Critical, mission-facing computer systems will not be involved in the program," the DoD stated.

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Re:A big improvement... by magarity · 2016-03-31 09:01 · Score: 2

My first thought was whether someone managed to properly coordinate all the agencies and jurisdictions or not so that anyone who submits a successful hack and is awarded by one agency isn't then immediately arrested by another.
How Stupid Are We? by zenlessyank · 2016-03-31 09:05 · Score: 2

Why would I want to sign up for this watch list? Hack imaginary systems and get put on a list. Nice. I suppose this is ISIS sponsored also.
Don't forget to register by dkroft1 · 2016-03-31 09:12 · Score: 5, Funny

The difference between winning money, and committing treason