Security Bug Bounty Hunters are becoming like the gold rush for decades ago, as companies are willing to pay $500,000 a year to white hat hackers just to keep their systems as bug free as possible. White hat hackers are not middle-aged men, but rather very young IT professionals with ages ranging from 18 to 44 years old. In one study, around 3.5 million cybersecurity-related jobs will never be filled by 2021, a proof of the migration of cybersecurity professionals from big enterprises to freelance white hat hacking.”]
Source: https://hackercombat.com/white-hat-hackers-turning-security-bug-bounty-hunters/