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by hansvm 679 days ago
> when you could just push a change to prod instead.

I wonder if there's an attack vector hiding where you induce a malicious bug via an illegitimate bounty and the developers' bias against inaction.

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How about this one: https://hackerone.com/reports/745324

It's a $20k bounty for simply taking a cookie that a HackerOne employee accidentally pasted when responding to a different vuln report on HackerOne.

100%, hacking is as much technical prowess as it is social engineering.