I paid for my kids' education with bug bounty money.īut in 2018, de Ceukelaire is more like a rockstar.ĭe Ceukelaire didn't get paid for hacking Metallica he got something far more valuable. This is the Wild West and hackers are the cowboys. Some can make six figures a year from such hacking. If you find a vulnerability, or a potential exploit on a service or website and you bring it to the company's attention, you'll be financially rewarded for your efforts. Google has them, Apple has them, Facebook started its program in April. And, thanks to "bug bounties," he gets paid handsomely for his efforts.īug bounties: A significant number of large tech companies have them. He spends his days (and nights) on the hunt for potential vulnerabilities in websites, services, anything you can name. If the bad guys find that vulnerability, Metallica might be in trouble.įortunately, de Ceukelaire is one of the good guys.ĭe Ceukelaire is a white-hat hacker, a maestro using his deep knowledge of online security to hack companies for a living. Telling me, he believes, will expose Metallica to other potential hacks.
When I ask de Ceukelaire how he did it, or even what he means when he says "I hacked Metallica," he won't tell me. He had no intention of holding the band ransom. He always wanted to play in a band but didn't have, as he puts it, "music skills."ĭe Ceukelaire hacked Metallica for the attention. He didn't have a good reason, or malicious intent. Inti de Ceukelaire once hacked Metallica.
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