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# Vulnerability annihilation since 1851
- URL: https://cje.io/2020/10/05/hobbs/
- Published: 2020-10-05T13:13:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-09T01:20:12.000Z
- Description: "What Hobbs had in mind was not the usual cajoling of a provincial bank into an upgrade, but exposing weaknesses in the British Empire itself by revealing the faults of one of Day and Newell’s competitors."
- Author: Casey Ellis
- Tags: Security, Learn

As far as I've been able to tell, Alfred C. Hobbs is the original security bug bounty hunter. I highly recommend this article to hear and understand his story, his methods, his manner, and his motivation - There's a lot we can learn from Mr Hobbs today.

[The American Who Shocked Victorian England by Picking the World’s Strongest LockOn July 22, 1851, on a day when a visitor to London had any number of amusements at his disposal—from M. Gompertz’s Giant Panorama (“including a new...![](https://slate.com/media/sites/slate-com/icon.196x196.png)SlateTom Vanderbilt![](https://compote.slate.com/images/b40c0c61-aa65-4d2f-8102-a14c6f1557a7.jpg)](https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/03/alfred-c-hobbs-the-american-who-shocked-victorian-england-by-picking-the-worlds-strongest-lock.html?ref=cje.io)