Google Confirms It Paid Hackers $6.5 Million Last Year To Help Keep The Internet Safe

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Google confirmed it paid hackers $6.5 million last year to help keep the internet safe

What are Google's Vulnerability Reward Programs?

The Google VRPs cover numerous product areas and have been expanded continuously in terms of both reach and reward since 2010. As well as Android and Chrome, for example, there is an"Abuse" program that covers what Google refers to as"significant abuse-related methodologies." An example of the latter being how an attacker might manipulate rating scores for a Google Maps listing without alerting the abuse detection system.

By opening up the Google Play security reward program to cover any app with more than 100 million installs, there was a surge of bug reports that resulted in $650,000 in rewards being paid in the last six months of the year. If you fancy a slice of the Google rewards action while making the internet a safer place to be, you can

 

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