http://www.eweek.com/security/google-launches-new-incentive-program-for-bug-hunters.html
By Jaikumar Vijayan
eWEEK.com
2015-02-02
Google will offer up-front grants of up to $3,133.70 to selected
vulnerability researchers who will receive rewards regardless of whether
they find a bug.
Buoyed by the success of its existing bug-bounty program, Google has
launched an initiative to reward researchers interested in finding
security vulnerabilities in its products.
Google's new Vulnerability Research Grants initiative will offer up-front
cash awards of up to $ 3,133.70 to researchers interested in taking a
crack at specific Google products and services. Unlike the company's
current bug-bounty program, the new initiative will reward vulnerability
researchers regardless of whether they find a bug or not.
At the same time, researchers who do actually find a bug under the grants
program will remain eligible for a bounty under Google's current Security
Rewards Program as well.
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