https://thenextweb.com/security/2020/01/29/google-bug-vulnerability-researchers/ > Google handed out a record amount of bug bounty prize money in 2019 as part of its Vulnerability Reward Programs. > In an announcement, the company revealed it rewarded security researchers who found kinks in its defenses $6.5 million last year — that’s nearly twice the amount Google paid for bug bounties in 2018 which amounted to a total of $3.4 million. This brings the total amount of rewards given since 2010 to $21 million.