“However, in order to become a trusted partner you need to go further than that. With HackerOne we were able to harness the expertise and skills of a huge hacker community in real time, so we could start applying fixes straight away.”

“Over time, we’ve established secure development methodologies and quality testing schemes for the release of new components and changes to the platform, including the creation of a specific channel to address hacker reports, which are prioritized and included in the current sprint.”

"We know for a fact that sending a wide variety of hackers into a wide environment will result in something meaningful. It is a fact. We cannot hire every amazing hacker and have them come work for us, but we can do these crowdsourced bug bounties. I’m done with being …

"We chose HackerOne as it not only connected us to an existing community of seasoned security researchers but also offered productivity features that automated aspects of the bug bounty triage process."

“If you're going into a bush blind, you don't know what's going to happen.”

"AI red teaming allows us to explore the possibilities of what attackers might achieve—not just what’s likely. Working with HackerOne has shown us that human ingenuity often outperforms adversarial datasets or AI-generated attacks."

"Hitting $1M in bounties is a badge of honor. It reflects our commitment to valuing the intelligent security researchers who help keep us safe. Bug bounty programs are notoriously difficult to build, but HackerOne’s talented community provides us with the expertise and creativity we need to secure our platform. Our …

“As the world’s first ephemeral messaging platform, our customers unequivocally expect privacy and security from our products. Maintaining these principles to a high bar is vital for our company.”

"The program has been successful because of the continued contributions from diverse, talented researchers."

"We’ve received a lot of guidance (on working with hackers) from HackerOne and it's been a great experience."

"We have a strong partnership with HackerOne. Since launching the program in 2020, we've deeply valued their support, which has allowed us to greatly expand our program's scope and impact."

"At TikTok, we always want to be proactive rather than reactive. We aim to shift left, finding bugs at an early stage to ensure the safety of our environment before it goes live."

“No one had done this before take a doll, put in a chip, connect to WiFi and hit an API. Our customers immediately saw the importance of that.”

"We believe there is immense value in having a bug bounty program as part of our cybersecurity strategy, and we encourage all companies, not just those in the hospitality industry, to take a similar approach and consider bug bounty as a proactive security initiative."

"The process of manually creating credentials was tedious and time-consuming, and it often ended up in our program lacking valid credentials, especially since many of them expire after a month. This prompted us to create automated scripts and leverage HackerOne’s API to automate the process. This automation was created after …