sharksmaht
2019-12-24, 02:52 AM
An infamous vigilante hacker known for their hits on surveillance companies is launching a new kind of bug bounty to reward hacktivists who do public interest hacks and leaks.
"The hacker, known as Phineas Fisher, published a new manifesto on Friday, offering to pay hackers up to $100,000 in what they called the 'Hacktivist Bug Hunting Program." The idea is to pay other hackers who carry out politically motivated hacks against companies that could lead to the disclosure of documents in the public interest.
"Hacking to obtain and leak documents with public interest is one of the best ways for hackers to use their abilities to benefit society," Phineas Fisher wrote in the manifesto.
A year later, Phineas Fisher came back and broke into the servers of Hacking Team, an Italian company that made hacking and surveillance software for police and intelligence agencies around the world, exposing all the company's secrets.
In their new manifesto, Phineas Fisher also claimed to have hacked an offshore bank and called on other hacktivists to join in the fight against inequality and capitalism.
The hack against the bank in the Isle of Man is the fifth data breach that Phineas Fisher has publicly claimed as their own.
Phineas Fisher said that they already gave away all the money they stole from the Isle of Man bank, but that they have more money from recent, undisclosed hacks to pay the bug bounty.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5agy/phineas-fisher-offers-dollar100000-bounty-for-hacks-against-banks-and-oil-companies (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5agy/phineas-fisher-offers-dollar100000-bounty-for-hacks-against-banks-and-oil-companies)
"The hacker, known as Phineas Fisher, published a new manifesto on Friday, offering to pay hackers up to $100,000 in what they called the 'Hacktivist Bug Hunting Program." The idea is to pay other hackers who carry out politically motivated hacks against companies that could lead to the disclosure of documents in the public interest.
"Hacking to obtain and leak documents with public interest is one of the best ways for hackers to use their abilities to benefit society," Phineas Fisher wrote in the manifesto.
A year later, Phineas Fisher came back and broke into the servers of Hacking Team, an Italian company that made hacking and surveillance software for police and intelligence agencies around the world, exposing all the company's secrets.
In their new manifesto, Phineas Fisher also claimed to have hacked an offshore bank and called on other hacktivists to join in the fight against inequality and capitalism.
The hack against the bank in the Isle of Man is the fifth data breach that Phineas Fisher has publicly claimed as their own.
Phineas Fisher said that they already gave away all the money they stole from the Isle of Man bank, but that they have more money from recent, undisclosed hacks to pay the bug bounty.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5agy/phineas-fisher-offers-dollar100000-bounty-for-hacks-against-banks-and-oil-companies (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5agy/phineas-fisher-offers-dollar100000-bounty-for-hacks-against-banks-and-oil-companies)