As opposed to needing to dip their toes in “illegal” conduct and making their income streams unsound or too risky in terms of legal liabillity by doing ransom demands

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Requires someone wants to hire you or allow you to hack them, otherwise it’s still illegal, and you can go to jail, even if you don’t take anything, and reveal it to the company.
    Some companies make rewards for hacking their systems if you come to them, but usually you are just paid a one time amount for finding a vulnerability, and that’s it.