Singapore Government Announces Third HackerOne Bug Bounty Program to Reduce Risk, Boost Cybersecurity
Summary
Other leading organizations that work with hackers to improve cybersecurity include Alibaba, Grab, Toyota, PayPal, Google Play, Nintendo, General Motors, Starbucks, and others. The latest bug bounty program continues to signal momentum in the constant battle against malicious actors on the Internet.” The Singapore Government’s latest bug bounty program is part of a strategic initiative and commitment to build a secure and resilient Smart Nation by strengthening collaboration with the cybersecurity industry and community. GovTech’s bug bounty program will run from July to August 2019 and will cover nine Internet-facing government digital services and information and communication technology systems with high user interaction. Similarly, MINDEF concluded a successful bug bounty challenge in early 2018 with HackerOne hackers, resulting in 35 safely resolved security weaknesses. The U.S. Department of Defense, General Motors, Google, Twitter, GitHub, Nintendo, Lufthansa, Microsoft, MINDEF Singapore, Panasonic Avionics, Qualcomm, Starbucks, Dropbox, Intel, the CERT Coordination Center and over 1,400 other organizations have partnered with HackerOne to find over 120,000 vulnerabilities and award over $57M in bug bounties.