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The Vulnpocalypse Is Repricing the Bug Bounty Economy

This Dark Reading article by Alexander Culafi, published August 28, 2026, examines how AI-powered vulnerability reports are lowering bug bounty prices. Casey Ellis, president and co-founder of Disclose.io and founder of Bugcrowd, says the bug bounty ecosystem is not static and that today's middle class could look very different as the current storm passes.

Source description, as published

The surge in AI-powered vulnerability reports is driving down bug bounty prices, and that could spell trouble for independent researchers.

Inventors / authors: Alexander Culafi