News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Teens Who Hacked Microsoft's Xbox Empire and Went Too Far. Parent comment

Re:Teens Who Hacked Microsoft's Xbox Empire and Went Too Far by lytedev on Sunday June 24, 2018 @12:18AM (#17384909)
What about bug bounty programs?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Teens Who Hacked Microsoft's Xbox Empire and Went Too Far by blackflame7000 on Sunday June 24, 2018 @03:26AM (#17385424)
It could be said that a non-zero percentage of bug bounty hackers are not actually white hats, but rather blackhats with poor connections or limited ability to fence their vulnerability.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Teens Who Hacked Microsoft's Xbox Empire and Went Too Far by matte_black on Sunday June 24, 2018 @03:34AM (#17385443)
Intent matters. Hacking systems for the purpose of finding vulnerabilities to report is within the spirit of authorized edge cases.
[ Parent | on HN ]