Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Kevin Beaumont @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social

1/21/2026, 8:30:18 PM

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Curl, one of the largest and widely used open source projects, is to stop bug bounty at the end of this month due to being overwhelmed by Generative AI slop bug bounty reports. https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/20312

BUG-BOUNTY.md: we stop the bug-bounty end of Jan 2026 by bagder · Pull Request #20312 · curl/curl

Remove mentions of the bounty and hackerone. There will be more mentions, blog posts, timings etc in the coming weeks.

github.com · GitHub

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