Google increases bounty for bugs, after Mozilla does the same

By Ian on July 21, 2010, 01:17:30 AM. | 4 comments

It's been about six months since the Chromium Security Reward program was launched, and Google has increased the maximum reward from $1,337 to $3,133.70. Google says the maximum amount is most likely to be rewarded to SecSeverity-Critical reports. The base reward for less severe issues remains at $500, however, the amount could increase if the report is high quality (careful test cases, accurate analysis of the root cause and productive discussion in helping to fix the issue).

It is more than likely this is in response to Mozilla increasing their reward from $500 to $3,000. However, Google claims the reward was increased since finding such a severe security flaw would be much harder due to Google Chrome's sandbox.

Looks like Google is trying hard to be 1337 in their reward amount, though someone made a remark in the comments, saying "The 1337 schtick jumped the shark in 2000."

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