Tech giant Google has awarded $10 million to 632 researchers from 68 countries in 2023 for finding and responsibly reporting security flaws in the company’s products and services.
The highest reward for a vulnerability report in 2023 was $113,337, while the total tally since the program’s launch in 2010 has reached $59 million.
For Android, the world’s most popular and widely used mobile operating system, the program awarded over $3.4 million.
Google also increased the maximum reward amount for critical vulnerabilities concerning Android to $15,000, driving increased community reports.
During security conferences like ESCAL8 and hardwea.io, Google awarded $70,000 for 20 critical discoveries in Wear OS and Android Automotive OS and another $116,000 for 50 reports concerning issues in Nest, Fitbit, and Wearables.
Google’s other big software project, the Chrome browser, was the subject of 359 security bug reports that paid out a total of $2.1 million.
Bijay Pokharel
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