The project invited hackers to test the cyber security of some public Defense Department websites.

More than 1,400 participants had taken part in Hack the Pentagon project that launched this year.

The participants found 1,189 vulnerabilities, of which 138 valid reports of vulnerabilities, the Pentagon said.

Teen hacks Pentagon, gets praised by government for finding bugs

Dworken had reported six vulnerabilities.

The pilot project was restricted to public websites and the hackers did not have access to highly sensitive areas.

The pilot ran from April 18, 2016, to May 12, 2016.

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David stated, It was a great experience.

I just started doing more and more of these bug bounty programs and found it rewarding.

However, he stated that he had been approached by recruiters already about potential internships.

He further plans to do his higher studies in computer science at Northeastern University.

The Pentagon said that the pilot project cost was $150,000.

The project also included creating a process so that others could report bugs without fear of trial.

source: www.techworm.net