The tech giant has already achieved the ‘strongest’ Gartner ratings in 2019 for its Pixel 3 running on Titan M chips. Now, to make these ‘strong’ products even stronger, Google has decided to increase bug bounty payouts.
As stated in the post by Jessica Lin, Android Security Team,
We are introducing a top prize of $1 million for a full chain remote code execution exploit with persistence which compromises the Titan M secure element on Pixel devices.Moreover, they also offer a 50% bonus for certain exploits totaling the bounty reward to $1.5 million.
Additionally, we will be launching a specific program offering a 50% bonus for exploits found on specific developer preview versions of Android.
As elaborated in the Android Security Rewards Program Rules the maximum payout for code execution bugs reaches up to $1 million and for data exfiltration involving Pixel Titan M, the bug bounty reward now increases up to $500,000.
Similarly, lock screen bypass bugs may reward the researchers with up to $100,000.
The new rewards already came into effect from November 21, 2019. So, any bugs reported after this date will be eligible for the increased payouts.
In September, Google also announced expansion in its bug bounty program for Play Store apps.
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