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Katie Moussouris

The Bug Bounty Builder

Microsoft’s first bounty program and Hack the Pentagon

Rating

87Impact score
Technical74
Social92
Notoriety78
Influence95
FromUSA
Era2000s–present

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Bug bountiesPolicyExport controls

Scouting report

Created Microsoft’s first bug bounty program, then ran Hack the Pentagon, the first bounty program in the history of the US federal government. Fought to keep defensive research from being criminalized under the Wassenaar Arrangement, and founded Luta Security.

Curator’s note

Turned “we do not pay for bugs” into an industry standard line item.

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