Defense Secretary Ash Carter on June 17 praised the work of hundreds of "white-hat" hackers who participated in a pilot program to "hack the Pentagon" in search of cyber vulnerabilities. More than 1,400 friendly hackers were declared eligible to participate in the "bug bounty" program, while 250 found and submitted at least one cyber vulnerability, Carter said. In total, the pilot discovered and reported 138 "legitimate and unique" vulnerabilities. "No federal agency had ever offered a bug bounty," he said...
