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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/20/google_bug_bounty/

By Dan Goodin in San Francisco=20
The Register
20th July 2010

Two days after Mozilla sextupled the bug bounty paid to security=20
researchers to $3,000, Google has upped the ante for vulnerabilities=20
that are reported in its Chrome browser.

In a continuing play on elite hacker speak, Google will begin paying as=20
much as $3,133.70 for the most critical bugs that are brought to its=20
attention, the company announced Tuesday. Google began paying rewards in=20
January with a sum of $1,337 for the most critical vulnerabilities. At=20
the time, Mozilla was paying only $500 for the most serious flaws=20
brought to its attention.

=E2=80=9CIt has been approximately six months since we launched the Chromiu=
m=20
Security Reward program,=E2=80=9D Google's announcement stated. =E2=80=9CAl=
though still=20
early days [sic], the program has been a clear success. We have been=20
notified of numerous bugs, and some of the participants have made it=20
clear that it was the reward program that motivated them to get involved=20
with Chromium security.=E2=80=9D

The bidding war is good news for private security researchers who=20
frequently complain they are uncompensated when they warn software=20
makers of serious bugs that imperil their users. That longstanding=20
arrangement allows the companies to benefit off the work of others and=20
creates a sense that they are entitled to the information, the=20
researchers have said.

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