Google has handed out a record-breaking bug bounty to a pair of Indian researchers, who jointly received $112,500 for uncovering a critical vulnerability in Google’s Chrome OS. The bug, which could have allowed attackers to bypass Chrome OS’s security sandbox, was reported to Google by Lakshmanan Kasirajan and Gaurav Choudhary, two security researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay). This is the largest single bug bounty ever paid out by Google, and it brings the total amount of money that Google has paid out to bug bounty hunters to over $25 million since the program was launched in 2010. The previous record for a single bug bounty was $100,000, which was paid out to a researcher in 2017 for finding a critical vulnerability in Google’s Android operating system. Google’s bug bounty program is designed to encourage security researchers to report vulnerabilities in Google’s software and services. The program has been very successful in helping Google to improve the security of its products, and it has also helped to raise awareness of the importance of bug bounties in the security community. In addition to the record-breaking bug bounty, Google also handed out a number of other large bug bounties in 2022. These included a $100,000 bounty to a researcher who found a critical vulnerability in Google’s Chrome web browser, and a $75,000 bounty to a researcher who found a critical vulnerability in Google’s Kubernetes container orchestration system. Google’s bug bounty program is just one of the many ways that the company is investing in security. Google also has a team of world-class security engineers who work to protect Google’s products and services from cyberattacks. Google’s commitment to security has helped to make its products and services some of the most secure in the world..
The Biggest Google Bug Bounties Ever Paid Out
