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Brett Goldstein, Defense Digital Service, DEF CON 2019 — Brett Goldstein, foreground, goes after a target in the F-35 simulator on Aug. 9, 2019, in the Aviation Village at the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas. (Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop)

At DEF CON’s aviation village, the military is interested in more than just the hacks

The Defense Digital Service's newly minted chief, Brett Goldstein, tells CyberScoop his team intends to use the DEFCON aviation village as a way to attract recruits to…

Aug 9, 2019 By Shannon Vavra

dod apache struts — (chucka_nc / flickr )

Pentagon’s latest bug bounty program pays out $80,000

The highest bounty was $5,000 paid out eight times.

May 31, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill

The Pentagon’s latest bug bounty target is its travel booking system

Because the Defense Travel System is used by millions of people and maintains sensitive information, hardening its security is a priority for DoD, organizers said.

Apr 2, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee

U.S. Air Force pays out $103,883 to hackers in bug bounties

Add up all the U.S. military's bug bounty programs and over 3,000 vulnerabilities have been found in federal government systems.

Feb 15, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill