HackerOne Hacker Interviews: Michael (mgianarakis)

Calle has always been interested in security. During his semester abroad in Sweden, his passion deepened. To Calle, a hacker is someone who is passionate about technology, understanding, and trying to

Jack (wkcaj) participated in h1-4420, Uber's live hacking event in London. During his time there, he sat down with us to discuss how he got started hacking, his advice to new hackers, and his adorable

Alex (ajxchapman) enjoys the challenge of bug hunting and continued learning. He sat down with us at h1-4420 to talk about how he got started hacking, how he feels when he finds a bug and his best adv

Recently, @tomnomnom had taken a break from bug bounties and had addressed publicly the struggles of burnout. Coming back to the hunt with fervent energy, enthusiasm and determination at a live event

On an unseasonably sunny summer day, hackers from around the world descended on London, England, not to see an unobstructed view of Buckingham Palace, but to break into one of the most innovative bran

Jesse (randomdeduction) spends her days running a bug bounty program and her weekends are spent bug hunting. With a love for a challenge and the constant learning that hacking allows, Jesse has solid

Live hacking events have been a part of our company DNA since 2016. We connect the community of hackers and customers every day on our platform, but bringing people together in-person in cities around

HackerOne's Tiffany Long sat down with us at h1-415 2019 and shared the need for diversity and mentorship in infosec. “When you have people from all over the world, with an amazing variety of belief

Sébastien (@smsecurity) shared at h1-212 how he got started hacking by trying to hack his gaming console at a young age. Sébastien continues to hack because of the thrill of finding cool bugs, getting

Jesse (@Hogarth45) shares some great advice for new hackers that includes reading (and rereading) disclosed reports on https://hackerone.com/hacktivity. "Any time you think you have it down, there's

Verizon Media's Chris Holt sat down with us at h1-212 2018 and discussed the benefits of choosing hacker-powered security. “There’s a lot of reason why we use bug bounty. Bug bounty is the outside w

Hosted by Verizon Media (Oath), the second annual h1-212 kicked off in New York City and spanned three days. Over the course of those three days, 32 of the world’s top hackers representing 10 countrie

Corben (@cdl) sat down with us at h1-212 and told the story of how he got into hacking (it involves taking down a pesky firewall from his high school laptop). Check out the full recap of h1-212 her

Forty top hackers met in Montréal in mid-October to hack Canada-based Shopify. The commerce platform helps more than a half-million merchants spread across 90% of the world’s countries design, set-up,

Bug hunter. Hacker Operations Lead. Community builder. Ben Sadeghipour has built his career around hacking but he still hacks for the thrill of finding that awesome bug and remembers what it is like

Chris Nims, Oath Chief Information Security Officer talks with HackerOne about Bug Bounties and Live-Hacking Events during the San Francisco, H1-415 live hacking event in April, 2018. Read more in t

Johnny is currently #94 on the HackerOne All Time Leaderboard. We chatted with Johnny about attending our second annual #h1415 event in San Francisco on friendly competition, and being part of a commu

Alyssa joined us at H1-415 to hack Oath. In this interview she shares a bit about her journey and thoughts on hacking. She encourages all aspiring hackers to just jump in, read a blog, and go for it!

Record. Breaking. Day. H1-415 | 2018 was our second annual live-hacking event in our hometown of San Francisco. And we went big - bigger than ever in fact with Oath paying out over $400,000 in bount