We know that tech giants have been running reward programs for those who find loopholes for years. However, Google made a big noise with its program for 2023. Last year, the company announced that it awarded a total of 10 million dollars to users around the world as part of its Vulnerability Reward Program.
Google distributed 10 million dollars in 2023 with its bug bounty program
In 2023, Google expanded its bug bounty program to almost all of its services. Bug programs were run on many products, from productive AI models and Wear OS. According to the company, a total of 632 researchers from 68 countries were awarded in 2023.
The total payout was around $12 million in 2022. However, individual rewards have reportedly increased significantly. The largest single payment was $113,337 for a vulnerability report.
Google also hosted a hacking event focused on Bard to test the security of AI systems. At the event, 35 reports came in from researchers working on exposing AI secrets. Google paid over 87 thousand dollars for these reports.
Google also wants to highlight the growing role of AI and reflect the need to ensure that such systems are secure. By 2023, it has expanded its reward program to include productive AI models.
It offered $3.4 million in rewards for reported problems on Android and Google devices. It also increased the maximum payout for critical bugs to $15,000.
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