An ethical hacker from Romania is the first hacker to win $2 million in bug bounty programs through the HackerOne.
Almost a year ago, the talented Cosmin Lordache, also known as @inhibitor181, became the seventh person to earn over $1 million by reporting 468 vulnerabilities through the bug bounty hunting platform.
A few days ago, HackerOne announced on Twitter that Lordache's earnings had reached $2 million. He is the first hacker on the platform to achieve this.
The platform said: “334 days ago we highlighted Lordache as the 7th hacker to reach $1 million in earnings. Today we celebrate his achievement of being the FIRST hacker to reach $2 million! Join us in congratulating @ inhibitor181!”.
Cosmin Lordache is originally from Romania, is 30 years old and lives in Germany with his wife and two dogs. He started participating in bug bounty programs three years ago while working as a full-stack developer. Since then, he has been named “The Assassin” at the h1-65 live hacking event in Singapore and last year’s h1-4420 live hacking event in London.
Santiago Lopez, also known as @try_to_hack, was just 19 years old when he became the first millionaire from bug bounty programs. Today, the list of millionaires includes him and eight other hackers.
Australian Nathaniel Wakelam, known in the hacking community as @nnwakelam, comes in second in the earnings count behind Lordache. To date, Wakelam has earned $1.8 million.
Wakelam shared HackerOne's post on Twitter about Lordache's achievement, along with the comment "He beat me to $200k. Congrats to @inhibitor181!".
The Australian encouraged his "rival" to continue the good work in discovering vulnerabilities.
In 2019, the HackerOne platform reportedly paid out around $40 million in bug bounties, with most hackers earning under $20,000 per year.
The platform currently has more than six million hackers participating in its bug bounty programs and hosts programs for more than 1,700 government agencies and companies.
Source: Infosecurity Magazine
