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How I Earned My First Bug Bounty Reward of $1000

In this article, I want to discuss about my journey of making $1000 dollars from Bug Bounty program and the lessons I learned through this journey that can help others who are starting with a goal to become a successful bug hunter.

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7 min readDec 28, 2022

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Earning my first bug bounty of $1,000 was a major milestone in my career as a hacker and security researcher. It was a challenging and rewarding experience that taught me valuable lessons about the world of bug bounty hunting and the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest vulnerabilities and exploits.

Before I delve into the details of how I earned my first bug bounty, it’s important to provide some context about what bug bounty hunting is and how it works. Essentially, a bug bounty is a reward offered by a company or organization for finding and reporting vulnerabilities in their systems or software. These vulnerabilities…

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Written by CyberSec_Sai

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