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I hacked the Dutch government and all I got was this t-shirt
The NCSC-NL (National Cyber Security Centre – Netherlands) sent me a ‘lousy’ t-shirt on behalf of the Dutch government. Together with the t-shirt was a thank you letter.
Some argue that the effort researchers need to invest in helping to find and responsibly report vulnerabilities to government organisations far outweighs the level of compensation value these novelty rewards are worth. My view is that expectations should be managed realistically, and maybe the focus should shift away from pursuing personal gain to instead encouraging wider public sector adoption of better security practices. His contributions focus on expanding encryption tools, promoting crypto-anarchist philosophy, and pioneering projects centred on leveraging cryptography to protect the privacy and political freedoms of others.
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