No more default logins on new IoT devices if UK legislators get their way
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No more default logins on new IoT devices if UK legislators get their way
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Our Vulnerability Reward Programs were created to reward researchers for protecting users by telling us about the security bugs they find. Their discoveries help keep our users, and the internet at large, safe. We look forward to even more collaboration in 2020 and beyond.
2019 has been another record-breaking year for us, thanks to our researchers! We paid out over $6.5 million in rewards, doubling what we’ve ever paid in a single year. At the same time our researchers decided to donate an all-time-high of $500,000 to charity this year. That’s 5x the amount we have ever previously donated in a single year. Thanks so much for your hard work and generous giving!
Since 2010, we have expanded our VRPs to cover additional Google product areas, including Chrome, Android, and most recently Abuse. We’ve also expanded to cover popular third party apps on Google Play, helping identify and disclose vulnerabilities to impacted app developers. Since then we have paid out more than $21 million in rewards*. As we have done in years past, we are sharing our 2019 Year in Review across these programs.
What’s changed in the past year?
*The total amount was updated on January 28; it previously said we paid out more than $15 million in rewards.
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Databases containing 14 years’ worth of customer support logs were publicly accessible with no password protection
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Some of the most popular dating services may be violating GDPR or other privacy laws
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Some of the most popular dating services may be violating GDPR or other privacy laws
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