Nextcloud has joined a growing list of projects, including Curl, that have ended their bug‑bounty partnerships with HackerOne due to an unmanageable surge of low‑effort, AI‑generated security reports. I received the following email: Hi ph00lt0, Nextcloud is sending you a message about their program on HackerOne. Hello, We are writing to you because you have previously reported vulnerabilities to Nextcloud via HackerOne. Like many other software projects, we have been receiving an increasi...

Nextcloud has joined a growing list of projects, including Curl, that have ended their bug‑bounty partnerships with HackerOne due to an unmanageable surge of low‑effort, AI‑generated security reports. I received the fol…

  • darklamer@feddit.orgEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    This remains a great mystery to me. As far as I can see, all they achieve is to waste time and resources for everyone involved, including themselves, without creating anything of value to anyone. It’s truly baffling.

    • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orgEnglish
      4·
      10 hours ago

      It makes them feel good. Like they done something positive. It’s utterly pathetic and I despise these people with no skills, no ability to create anything of their own.