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Private. The report body is encrypted at rest; BugRater holds the key, so the analyst working it can read it. Every read is logged.

Program metrics HackerOne · published

HackerOne’s own figures for this program, read from its public page, not reported by researchers and not part of the BugRater grade. Captured 4 Oct 2026.

What it pays, by severity

Critical $24,500 avg 160 reports firm
High $9,600 avg 385 reports firm
Medium $2,215 avg 1,234 reports firm
Low $645 avg 511 reports firm

$13,717,707 paid to researchers in total, $303,700 of it in the last 90 days. Lifetime figure as HackerOne prints it: evidence this program has paid, not a promise about any one report.

Intake & responsiveness · last 90 days

Reports received
494
in 90 days
Resolved
2,467
all time, last one 2 days ago
Participants
1,398
hunters engaged
Response efficiency
89%
meeting its targets, HackerOne’s figure
SLA misses
0
targets missed
Reports received · day by day, last 18 days 478–518
4 Sep 494 reports 4 Oct

Response targets it sets itself

First response
3 days
Triage
10 days
Bounty
30 days
Resolution
30 days

A target the program declared, not a measurement of it being met.

Getting in the door

Open to submit. Nothing HackerOne publishes stands between a hunter and a first report here.

Over 45 days (95 snapshots): intake down 116 reports; response efficiency down 1 points; 90-day payout up $209,660.

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Reviews

1 published
Hacktivity: PayPal (13 disclosed)
★★★★★ positive

Source: HackerOne Hacktivity (public disclosures) Program: https://hackerone.com/paypal Disclosed reports analyzed: 13 Bounties: $15,214 avg, $30,000 range, $106,500 total (7 paid) --- Aggregated from publicly disclosed HackerOne reports. Ratings derived from triage timing and bounty data.

via HackerOne reports 13 resubmit yes
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Who this program credits

1,436 credited

Researchers HackerOne shows on this program’s public thanks list, best position first. “Recognised” is how many of a hunter’s submissions the program accepted; the ratio is their signal here, not our judgement of them.

# Researcher Reputation Recognised / submitted
1 alexbirsan 4,915 116 / 130 89%
2 82af5ddffbb795 3,202 57 / 61 93%
3 ngalog 1,795 60 / 120 50%
4 d0xing 1,580 51 / 70 73%
5 todayisnew 1,571 73 / 217 34%
5 ayoubmokhtar 969 47 / 69 68%
6 michael1026 1,519 34 / 54 63%
7 rahulr4j 1,501 67 / 131 51%
8 nytr0gen 1,201 41 / 53 77%
9 zanasz 1,098 48 / 195 25%
10 avishai 1,034 28 / 31 90%
11 nbabii 933 43 / 51 84%
12 jolle 918 33 / 34 97%
12 b42f97eb69dddcafe5cc278 594 21 / 23 91%
13 m4ll0k 915 38 / 113 34%
14 th3g3nt3lman 865 26 / 55 47%
15 m0chan 858 41 / 72 57%
16 oag 811 18 / 29 62%
17 0xd0m7 780 35 / 69 51%
18 shubs 775 26 / 41 63%
19 nagli 762 28 / 49 57%
20 sergeym 674 43 / 67 64%
21 krangbuster 648 29 / 46 63%
21 linkks 353 11 / 43 26%
22 inhibitor181 646 17 / 23 74%

Showing the top 25 of 1,436 credited on HackerOne.

Program profile HackerOne · imported

Facts published by HackerOne on the program's own page, not reported by researchers, and not part of the BugRater grade. Last checked 30 Sep 2026.

Send Money, Pay Online or Set Up a Merchant Account - PayPal.

Responsiveness
89% HackerOne’s figure
Swag
Offered
Currency
USD
Submissions
Open
Launched
Sep 2018
Scope entries
59 HackerOne’s count

Scope

57 assets
AssetTypeEligibilityMax severity
*.braintree-api.com URL ✓ bounty Critical
*.braintree.tools URL ✓ bounty Critical
*.braintreegateway.com URL ✓ bounty Critical
*.braintreepayments.com URL ✓ bounty Critical
*.hyperwallet.com URL ✓ bounty Critical
Show all 57 assets
AssetTypeEligibilityMax severity
*.paydiant.com URL ✓ bounty Critical
*.paylution.com URL ✓ bounty Critical
*.paypal.com URL ✓ bounty Critical
*.paypalcorp.com URL ✓ bounty Critical
*.venmo.com URL ✓ bounty Critical
*.xoom.com URL ✓ bounty Critical
351727428 APPLE STORE APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
api.loanbuilder.com URL ✓ bounty Low
api.swiftfinancial.com URL ✓ bounty Low
Braintree SDK OTHER ✓ bounty Critical
Braintree SDKs SOURCE CODE ✓ bounty Critical
com.paypal.android.carica GOOGLE PLAY APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.paypal.android.claro GOOGLE PLAY APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.paypal.android.p2pmobile GOOGLE PLAY APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.paypal.android.telcel GOOGLE PLAY APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.paypal.carica APPLE STORE APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.paypal.claro APPLE STORE APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.paypal.merchant APPLE STORE APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.paypal.merchant.client GOOGLE PLAY APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.paypal.telcel APPLE STORE APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.venmo GOOGLE PLAY APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.xoom.android.app GOOGLE PLAY APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
com.xoom.app APPLE STORE APP ID ✓ bounty Critical
decision.swiftfinancial.com URL ✓ bounty Low
https://github.com/paypal/react-paypal-js SOURCE CODE ✓ bounty Critical
loanbuilder.com URL ✓ bounty Low
my.loanbuilder.com URL ✓ bounty Low
my.swiftfinancial.com URL ✓ bounty Low
partner.swiftfinancial.com URL ✓ bounty Low
PayPal SDK OTHER ✓ bounty Critical
paypal.me URL ✓ bounty Critical
paypalobjects.com URL ✓ bounty Medium
pigeon.swiftfinancial.com URL ✓ bounty Low
prequal.swiftfinancial.com URL ✓ bounty Low
py.pl URL ✓ bounty Critical
sandbox.braintreegateway.com URL ✓ bounty Medium
scrutiny.swiftfinancial.com URL ✓ bounty Low
swiftcapital.com URL ✓ bounty Low
swiftfinancial.com URL ✓ bounty Low
www.loanbuilder.com URL ✓ bounty Low
www.paypal-*.com URL ✓ bounty Low
www.swiftcapital.com URL ✓ bounty Low
www.swiftfinancial.com URL ✓ bounty Low
*.atlassian.net OTHER out None
*.paypal.cn URL out None
braintree.com URL out None
com.paypal.here APPLE STORE APP ID out None
com.paypal.herehd APPLE STORE APP ID out None
com.yourcompany.PPClient APPLE STORE APP ID submit only Critical
www.gopay.com URL out None
www.paypal-support.com URL out None
www.paypal.cn/ URL out None

HackerOne lists 59 scope entries; its public listing groups many assets under one label, so identical entries are shown once.