The U.S. Department of Defense is asking the hacker community for help.
The Pentagon has launched a bug bounty program, which is a public challenge inviting hackers to find vulnerabilities in its computer systems in exchange for cash rewards. The Department of Defense has set aside $150,000 to pay hackers for any holes in the military’s cyber security system, according to a statement announcing the bug bounty program.
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"This initiative will put the department's cybersecurity to the test in an innovative but responsible way," says Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in the statement announcing the challenge. "I encourage hackers who want to bolster our digital defenses to join the competition and take their best shot."
This is the first public bug bounty program the U.S. government has ever run.
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