White Hat Hackers Earning Significant Incomes (HackerOne): According to HackerOne, not all hackers are necessarily criminals. White hat hackers, the people responsible for checking the quality of security and data protection strategies for businesses, are helping companies reduce their risk status. The white hat hackers working within HackerOne in 2019 earned around $40 million in bounties. Even more impressive, there were around 6 hackers on the platform who earned more than $1 million in lifetime earnings by attempting to hack companies.