MOD Hacker Coin
Generated render Report
Object details
- Category
- Awards & rewards
- Material
- Plated metal, enamel
- Year
- 2021
- Design
- Die-struck coin, soft enamel, notched edge
- Colour
- Silver, bottle green
- Origin
- Official merch
Sources & image credits
Render referenceAtomgoods AI studio · product reference: @Me9187 on X
The story
The UK Ministry of Defence pays no bounties. Instead, researchers who report a valid vulnerability through its HackerOne disclosure programme get a challenge coin, with a printed note: "Thank you & Happy Hunting!". The 2021 coin is polished silver with a notched edge and bottle-green enamel. The front has the MOD crest and "Ministry of Defence"; the back has "Vulnerability Disclosure Programme 2021" around a target mark. Later editions differ: a navy coin shows Britannia holding a laptop.
What stands out
A challenge coin borrows military tradition to make a hacker feel part of the unit. It costs little but means a lot.
For your next brief
Which tradition in your organisation could become a small object you hand to outsiders who helped?