Belgian Federal Government invites Ethical Hackers for First-Ever 'Hack the Government' Event
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Belgium opens selected federal assets to ethical hackers under a new CVDP safe-harbour law and runs a 15-day “Hack the Government” event using the Integrity platform, Discord coordination, VPNs and ID-checked signups (even a typewriter trick). The run yields 154 reports with 85 validated vulnerabilities, including a CVE-rated 8.8; prizes include SANS courses and Burp Pro, targets patch quickly, triage scales under strain but the model proves effective.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Ethical hacking in Belgium
- 3:13Belgium’s legal context
- 7:23From cyber outlaws to guardians
- 11:38Legalizing ethical hacking
- 16:05Legal protections for hackers
- 22:45Sponsoring BruCON
- 29:28Planning Hack the Government
- 36:10Convincing agencies
- 45:44Engaging ethical hackers
- 54:12Executing live hacking
- 1:00:06Event results
- 1:03:16Future plans
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