in february 2017, hackerone sponsored an invitation-only hackathon, gathering security researchers from around the world to hack e-commerce sites airbnb and shopify for vulnerabilities. this was the second such hackathon, with the company hosting one in las vegas in august 2016 during the black hat security conference. throughout 2017 and so far in 2018, hackerone hosted seven live hacking events in cities across the us and europe. over $1 million in bounty cash has been awarded at these events, with oath inc. (now called verizon media) paying over $400,000 in bounties during a single event in san francisco, ca in april 2018.