Significant jump in number of hackers reporting vulnerabilities to companies Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of hackers reporting security vulnerabilities and bugs to enterprises has increased by nearly two-thirds Share this item with your network: By Published: 09 Mar 2021 14:42 The number of white hat hackers who find security vulnerabilities and warn companies about them, usually to earn a bug bounty, increased by 63% in 2020, according to the latest annual Hacker report. The number of ethical hackers reporting bugs or vulnerabilities to enterprises has increased by 143% since 2018, demonstrating that hackers and IT security teams are working together much more frequently to manage cyber threats.