Phineas Fisher Offers $100,000 Bounty to Hack Banks and Oil Companies

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This could get messy.  This is not "hacktivism", this is criminal.  A $100,000 reward for illegal black-hat hacking of oil companies.

Phineas Fisher Offers $100,000 Bounty to Hack Banks and Oil Companies

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. The hacker said he will pay in cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin or Monero. As an example of targets, the hacker mentioned mining and livestock companies in South America, Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group, and oil company Halliburton.

“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. “I’m not trying to make anyone rich. I’m just trying to provide enough funds so that hackers can make a decent living doing a good job.”

To be clear, this is basically a bug bounty that incentivizes criminal activity.  ...

 

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Anti-virus companies used to hire anyone who could find an exploit; they eventually stopped when they realized that promoted criminal behavior, and sometimes made their own product look bad.

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Not to be confused with Mark B. Fisher who is a well-known crude oil commodities trader.