The article “Hacking for Good: Leveraging HackerOne Data to Develop an Economic Model of Bug Bounties” published in the Journal of Cybersecurity provides a comprehensive analysis of bug bounty programs, revealing key insights into their functioning and effectiveness. According to the research, there is a relatively inelastic supply of hackers due to non-monetary incentives like reputation and experience acquisition. This is especially beneficial for small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) that have limited resources. The study also reveals that the amount of legitimate vulnerability reports received is mostly unaffected by a company’s income and brand recognition, indicating that bug bounties work well for businesses of all shapes and sizes. There are differences observed between industries, too, with financial, retail, and healthcare firms receiving less complaints than other industries. This might be because exposing vulnerabilities has differing opportunity costs. Additionally, the data suggests that the quantity of new bug bounty programs has no impact on the reports that businesses get, suggesting that sites such as HackerOne are capable of efficiently attracting and retaining hackers. However, bug bounty programs often receive fewer reports as they get older, which emphasizes the significance of changing the incentive schemes over time. Lastly, the paper notes that a significant amount of the variance in program reports is still unaccounted for, indicating the possibility of other factors impacting vulnerability flow that were missed throughout the analysis. All things considered, the paper offers insightful analysis of bug bounty marketplaces and emphasizes the necessity of more study in cybersecurity practice and policy to meet new possibilities and problems.