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Google paid more than $6.5 million to security researchers in 2019 as part of its Vulnerability Reward Programs, with the biggest single reward reaching $201,000. A total of 461 researchers who reported security issues in Google’s bug bounty programs received a financial reward, Google revealed in a blog post with a summary of its 2019 bounties. “2019 has been another record-breaking year for us, thanks to our researchers! We paid out over $6.5 million in rewards, doubling what we’ve ever paid in a single year. At the same time our researchers decided to donate an all-time-high of $500,000 to charity this year. That’s 5x the amount we have ever previously donated in a single year,” Google researchers explain. Out of the $6.5 million paid last year, the main Google program accounted for $2.1 million, followed by Android with $1.9 million. Security issues in Google Chro... ...