Post #4479593

2026-08-10 05:36 UTC

What Happened to HackerOne? HackerOne has changed significantly from the bug bounty platform many researchers knew in the late 2010s. Its current direction is increasingly centered around Hai, AI-assisted triage, vulnerability validation, agentic testing, continuous testing and CTEM. But the question isn't simply whether HackerOne uses AI. It's how researcher submissions, security intelligence and AI-driven workflows fit together, and what that means for the role and value of human vulnerability researchers. I dug into HackerOne's history, funding, Live Hacking Events, pricing shift, AI architecture, researcher-data controversy and current product strategy. https://thecybersecguru.com/analysis/what-happened-to-hackerone/ #HackerOne #BugBounty #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #AppSec #VulnerabilityResearch #AISecurity #CybersecurityResearch #EthicalHacking #Pentesting #AgenticAI #CTEM #SecurityResearch #BugBountyHunters #ApplicationSecurity

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@Kugg@infosec.exchange 2026-08-10 06:06

@thecybersecguru@infosec.exchange this is so sad. Bug Bounty was very valuable when finding new bugs was hard. Now there is a flood of alternative methods for finding critical bugs for for cheap. HackerOne will not survive this. Automation and open APIs for reporting can be an avenue for some of bug bounty to live in. The LHE era is over, if crits are less valuable there is no budget to cater for hackers anymore. There is enough to be done with the output of any AI scanner. 🪦

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