{"id":2676,"date":"2013-06-15T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/2013\/06\/15\/google-offers-larger-sum-of-money-for-reporting-significant-bugs\/"},"modified":"2013-06-15T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T15:29:00","slug":"google-offers-larger-sum-of-money-for-reporting-significant-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/google-offers-larger-sum-of-money-for-reporting-significant-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Offers Larger Sum of Money for Reporting Significant Bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-406\" title=\"674262_bug_pc_virus\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/674262_bug_pc_virus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/>Google has always offered cash to those who report vulnerabilities and bugs that could result in an exploitation of a Google product, but as the reports began to trickle in, the search engine giant decided to up the ante.<\/p>\n<p>In general, the amount for reporting a bug has more than doubled from the previous $3,1333.70 to $7,500 when reporting a bug from Google Accounts. For Google Wallet and Gmail the reward has actually tripled, making a bug report worth $5,000. Significant authentication bypasses and information leaks was also bumped up to $7,500.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our vulnerability reward programs have been very successful in helping us fix more bugs and better protect our users while also strengthening our relationships with security researchers,\u201d said the <a href=\"https:\/\/googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com.au\/2013\/06\/increased-rewards-for-googles-web.html\">Online Security Blog<\/a> Google runs.<\/p>\n<p>This program has led to the identification of 1,500 vulnerabilities across all of Google\u2019s services, resulting in over $800,000 in payout by Google to around 250 people. Most, but not all, of these vulnerabilities were found my security research teams.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/2013\/06\/15\/google-offers-larger-sum-of-money-for-reporting-significant-bugs\/' rel='nofollow'>Used with permission from Article Aggregator<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has always offered cash to those who report vulnerabilities and bugs that could result in an exploitation of a Google product, but as the reports began to trickle in, the search engine giant decided to up the ante. 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