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Cyber

Marine Corps Ethical Hacking Program Discovers 150 Network Security Flaws

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018

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Marine Corps Ethical Hacking Program Discovers 150 Network Security Flaws

Ethical hackers participate in the Hack the Marine Corps bug bounty program. Photo: HackerOne.

Hackers participating in the Pentagon’s latest bug bounty program found 150 unique vulnerabilities in the Marine Corps’ public-facing websites, officials said Wednesday.The Pentagon paid out $150,000 to ethical hackers as part of the Hack the Marine Corps program to find potential areas of exploitation in the Marine Corps Enterprise Network.“Hack the Marine Corps was an incredibly valuable experience. When you bring together this level of talent from the ethical hacker community and our Marines we can accomplish a great deal.…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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