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Google Paid Out $6.5 Million in Bug Bounties in 2019
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Google handed out a record amount of bug bounty prize money in 2019 as part of its Vulnerability Reward Programs.
The company said that it rewarded security researchers who found kinks in its defenses $6.5 million last year — that's nearly twice the amount Google paid for bug bounties in 2018 which amounted to a total of $3.4 million. This brings the total amount of rewards given since 2010 to $21 million.
"We paid out over $6.5 million in rewards, doubling what we've ever paid in a single year," according to a Google Security Blog post. "At the same time our researchers decided to donate an all-time-high of $500,000 to charity this year. That's [five times] the amount we have ever previously donated in a single year."
Of the $6.5 million in bug bounties, $2.1 million accounted for bugs found in Google products, with Android and Chrome trailing behind with $1.9 and $1 million each. Google also handed out $800,000 to researchers who uncovered flaws in Google Play.
From TNW
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