71% of Hackers Believe AI Technologies Increase the Value of Hacking

Executive summary: Bugcrowd's "Inside the Mind of a Hacker 2024" report, based on 1,300 respondents across 85 countries, finds rapid AI adoption among ethical hackers (77% use generative AI) and widespread concern that AI creates a new, fast-evolving attack vector (93% agree; 82% say it’s evolving too quickly to secure). The survey also highlights a rise in hardware hacking (with many discovering novel vulnerabilities), growing confidence among hackers to test AI-powered systems, and the attractiveness of hacking as a career path for younger, largely self-taught practitioners.