In brief. U.S. Dept Of Defense is a vulnerability disclosure program on HackerOne. It does not pay bounties. It received 1,372 reports in the 90 days to November 6, 2026, about 686 per in-scope asset.
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These are HackerOne’s own figures for this program, taken from its public page. Researchers did not report them, and they don't count toward the BugRater grade. Captured 6 Nov 2026.
What it pays, by severity
Intake & responsiveness, last 90 days
Response targets it sets itself
These are targets the program set. They don't show whether it meets them.
Barriers to submitting
Open to submit. HackerOne lists no requirements for submitting a report here.
Over 77 days (54 snapshots): intake up 311 reports.
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Who this program credits
3,218 creditedResearchers HackerOne shows on this program’s public thanks list, best position first. “Recognised” is how many of a hunter’s submissions the program accepted; the ratio is their signal here, not our judgement of them.
| # | Researcher | Reputation | Recognised / submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nirajgautamit | 7,778 | 1,274 / 1,374 93% |
| 2 | emperor | 7,680 | 1,229 / 1,329 92% |
| 3 | ahmd_halabi | 6,302 | 945 / 1,056 89% |
| 4 | jonathandata1 | 4,942 | 620 / 798 78% |
| 4 | anish-kosaraju | 4,897 | 745 / 1,609 46% |
| 4 | bb343cc5cbd74210c09dafe | 491 | 79 / 110 72% |
| 5 | thaivu | 4,776 | 782 / 843 93% |
| 6 | yazooooof | 4,056 | 666 / 1,209 55% |
| 7 | cdl | 3,870 | 151 / 262 58% |
| 8 | sp1d3rs | 3,529 | 460 / 494 93% |
| 9 | hackerhero | 3,293 | 488 / 542 90% |
| 10 | sameerphad72 | 3,285 | 476 / 563 85% |
| 11 | 0x3f | 3,010 | 453 / 633 72% |
| 12 | jabesx64 | 2,635 | 370 / 423 87% |
| 12 | raginalstorm | 2,628 | 400 / 528 76% |
| 13 | matrixm0x1 | 2,624 | 391 / 473 83% |
| 14 | term1nal | 2,422 | 365 / 527 69% |
| 15 | dhakal_ananda | 2,414 | 393 / 506 78% |
| 16 | jonasdiasrebelo | 2,401 | 343 / 510 67% |
| 17 | jarvis0x1 | 2,385 | 363 / 426 85% |
| 18 | adrianovalle | 2,352 | 465 / 546 85% |
| 19 | mik317 | 2,293 | 353 / 451 78% |
| 20 | amalyoman | 2,221 | 402 / 505 80% |
| 21 | predatorsparrow | 2,168 | 319 / 1,112 29% |
| 22 | meals | 1,829 | 70 / 76 92% |
Showing the top 25 of 3,218 credited on HackerOne.
HackerOne published these facts on the program's page. Researchers did not report them, and they don't count toward the BugRater grade. Last checked 6 Nov 2026.
Scope
2 assets| Asset | Type | Eligibility | Max severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Any public-facing website owned, operated, or controlled by DoD, including web applications hosted on those sites.¹ | OTHER | submit only | Critical |
| www.example.com | URL | submit only | None |