Google spent a record sum rewarding researchers for hacking its products

3:45am PST - January 29th, 2020    hunters - Engadget

Google is not messing around when it comes to its bug bounty program. Last year it paid out $6.5 million to researchers that reported vulnerabilities -- almost double the $3.4 million paid out in 2018. The largest single award was for $201,337, which was give…