Hacking Amazon by the numbers: 50 hackers, 10 days, $832,135 in total with some making more than $100,000. Here's how it went down.
I do know that the hacker who took top place on the vulnerability leaderboard, Jonathan Bouman, submitted a total of 23 valid vulnerability reports and earned 59 bounties in this, his first live hacking event with HackerOne.
Another hacker, who goes by the name of Derision, finished in second place with some of the highest earnings during the event because of the high-rated and critical nature of the 44 vulnerabilities they found, which led to 49 bounty payments. According to HackerOne, 92.9% of all the payments made fell into the high and critical impact report category. Some of the kudos for this can be set firmly at the door of Amazon itself, which launched a momentum bonus for the event. This gave extra bounty payments for each valid, consecutive vulnerability report that matched that impact status.Putting the broad Amazon attack surface to the test
"Bringing in external researchers allows us to extend the reach of our security teams to put our mechanisms and broad attack surface to the test," Hao-Wei Chen, head of Amazon's Vulnerability Research Program, said. With the insight from the security researchers taking part in the live hacking event, Chen said Amazon would be aided in building"a more robust and secure system and, ultimately, improve the experience for our customers.
The relationships that were made during the hacking event provide some of the most significant value to emerge from it, according to HackerOne's Tucker."The shared experiences of a live hacking event always creates new and deeper relationships, and the Amazon security team was able to collaborate with both top hackers on their program and new talent. Security is stronger when we're working together," Tucker said.
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