"The Pentagon Opened Up to Hackers—And Fixed"

The execution of the first ever federal bug bounty program by the name of “Hack The Pentagon” showed promising results as multiple vulnerabilities within certain public-facing DoD websites were able to be resolved. The discovery of these security vulnerabilities was a result of the welcoming of security researchers to find such flaws. This article further discusses other bug bounty programs launched by the DoD, along with the concerns and challenges surrounding such programs. 

Wired reports "The Pentagon Opened Up to Hackers—And Fixed"