#766 - Vigil Anti-Hacker Logs $110,000 Profit
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2019
⏱️ 6 minutes
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A high school student uses ethical hacking to discover computer bugs, earning as much as $20,000 a month.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:08.9 | Science and School continues to level up. |
| 0:11.5 | And that's because if you are amazing listeners. |
| 0:13.6 | Yesterday we had the story of the auctionistas, |
| 0:16.5 | the dynamic sister duo that bids up profits for charities. |
| 0:19.7 | What's today we have the story of a guy who earns a lot of money |
| 0:22.9 | up to $20,000 a month starting as a high school student |
| 0:26.4 | by using what's known as ethical hacking. |
| 0:29.0 | So this is something that we haven't talked about on the show |
| 0:30.7 | at least not before in this particular context. |
| 0:33.0 | This was my introduction to the world of bug bounties, |
| 0:35.8 | which I had never heard of before and I found fascinating. |
| 0:38.5 | It's basically about helping companies discover |
| 0:40.3 | computer vulnerabilities. |
| 0:41.8 | This would not be a good side hustle for me, |
| 0:43.5 | but maybe somebody who is into coding |
| 0:45.2 | or is just good at finding needles and haystacks |
| 0:47.6 | should pay close attention. |
| 0:49.0 | Because even though as I said, it wouldn't be good for me. |
| 0:50.9 | I did find it fascinating. |
| 0:52.4 | And this guy we're going to tell you about today |
| 0:53.6 | is a vigil anti-hacker, like a vigilante hacker, |
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