Extends bug hunter programme By Dave Neal Fri Feb 10 2012, 11:40
Google has announced that in its first year of offering bounties for bug hunters that find problems in its software products it has paid out $410,000. The programme has been a success according to Adam Mein, the technical programme manager of the Google Security Team, and has seen Google tackle a few problems in its web applications. "By all available measures, the program has been a big success," he said. "Over the course of the program, we've seen more than 1100 legitimate issues (ranging from low severity to higher) reported by over 200 individuals, with 730 of those bugs qualifying for a reward Mein said that about half of the ...
