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What was corrected
The article attributed a '27 percent earning $50,000, 5 percent earning $350,000' statistic to HackerOne's 2023 Hacker Report, figures that could not be verified in any HackerOne publication.
The article now cites HackerOne's real 2020 Hacker Report figures: 1.1 percent of hackers earning more than $350,000 annually, 3 percent earning more than $100,000, and 12 percent earning more than $20,000.
Why this is better
A web search for the specific '27 percent/$50,000' and '5 percent/$350,000' figures found no matching HackerOne publication, while the real, well-documented 2020 Hacker Report figures were confirmed across multiple sources including HackerOne's own press materials.
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