A Hacker's Journey: From Childhood Curiosity to Major Earnings

This is a story about the hacker named “dawgyg” and how he made over $100,000 in a single day, from hacking.

Thanks to our guest dawgyg for telling his story.

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Sources

• Video: The Million-Dollar Hacker | Bloomberg
• Video: Hacker makes big money as a bug bounty hunter | Kim Komando Show
• https://hackerone.com/dawgyg
• dawgyg wins h1415
• https://www.hackerone.com/blog/meet-six-hackers-making-seven-figures
• USA v. DeVoss court records