Hiring guide
How to hire a professional hacker lawfully, and what you get
When you hire a professional hacker, you are buying evidence about systems you own. So the process starts with written authorisation and a fixed scope. Then it ends with a report your engineers can act on.
- Signed scope before testing
- Fixed price agreed in writing
- OWASP and PTES methods
Who can hire a professional hacker
Organisations hire us for their applications, networks and cloud estates. Also, a few private mandates are accepted each year for founders, executives and families facing a real threat. In every case, the targets must belong to you.
What happens after you hire a professional hacker
The process is short and written. Therefore you always know the scope, the price and the boundary.
| Day | Step |
|---|---|
| Kickoff | Scope brief: the target, the threat and the constraints. |
| Next day | One fixed quote for the agreed scope. |
| Day 2 | Authorisation signed by the system owner. |
| Day 10 | Report and debrief, for a typical focused test. |
Before you hire a professional hacker
Tick what is true. Every item must be true before testing.
Your result appears here as you tick, so you can see what is still open.
Requests we refuse
Some requests arrive often, so we say this plainly. We decline anything aimed at another person's email, social profile, phone or device, and anything without the owner's authorisation. If someone got into your own accounts, report it to the platform and the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center instead.
What you receive when you hire a professional hacker
You receive reproducible attack chains with evidence, a prioritised remediation plan and a written debrief from the person who tested. In addition, a free retest confirms your fixes. Findings are destroyed once the project closes.
Fees
Full engagements run from $35,000 to $120,000, and the floor is $25,000. The bounded Focused Exposure Review starts at $4,500. Its fee is credited in full against a full engagement commissioned within ninety days. One fixed number is agreed after the scoping brief.
Questions people ask before they hire a professional hacker
Is it legal to hire a professional hacker?
Yes, for systems you own or are authorised to test, under a signed scope.
Can I hire a professional hacker as an individual?
Yes, for your own systems. We accept a small number of private mandates each year.
How fast can testing start?
Usually within 48 hours of signed authorisation, when a window is free.
Will you get into someone else's account for me?
No. That is an offence, and we refuse it whatever the reason.
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