About HackerOne

Empowering the world to build a safer internet

Our Story

HackerOne was founded on a simple yet powerful idea.

Organizations need a safe way for independent security researchers to report vulnerabilities before criminals exploit them. 

We started by:

Helping customers find elusive bugs

 as a last line of defense

Building the world’s largest security researcher community

2.5 million researchers and growing

Building the HackerOne platform

that streamlines bug bounty programs, bounty payments, and real-time vulnerability management.

Numbers that speak for themselves

$4M+
ROI

per critical vulnerability before breach

1
critical vulnerability

found every hour

9%
increase

in reported vulnerabilities in 2024

2M+
security researchers

the largest community anywhere

500k+
bugs

found & more discovered every day

1300+
companies

trust the HackerOne Community

About HackerOne

Company values

All of us HackerOnies are driven by a passion for our mission, and a strong urge to work together to make the world a better place.

Lead with integrity

Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching.

Default to disclosure

Ask "Why should this be private" instead of "Why should this be public"

Execute with excellence

Hold yourself and others to the highest standards of performance.

Win as a team

Compete to achieve excellence. Enable each other to do our best.

Respect all people

We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and dignity for all.

Our values in action

Eligible open source projects get free access to HackerOnes’ platform for vulnerability submission and coordination, bug bounties, and more.

Community Edition


We are a founding member of IBB, a bug bounty program for core internet infrastructure and open source projects.

IBB

Our team gets outside to help take care of our neighborhoods and parks.

Community Service