Teen Becomes First to Earn $1M in Bug Bounties with HackerOne

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He is also the all-time top-ranked hacker on HackerOne’s leaderboard, out of more than 330,000 hackers competing for the top spot.

A 19-year-old that goes by the handle “@try_to_hack” became the first white hat hacker to surpass $1 million in bounty awards on the HackerOne platform.

The Argentinian researcher, whose real name is Santiago Lopez, started reporting security weaknesses to companies in 2015 on HackerOne, when he was 16. According to the platform, he has since reported over 1,600 security flaws to a range of companies, including Twitter and Verizon Media Company, as well as private corporate and government initiatives.

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