Google paid a record $17.1 million for bug reports in 2025

Google paid more than $17 million to security researchers in 2025 through its Vulnerability Reward Program, marking the company’s highest annual bug bounty payout to date. Google said it rewarded 747 researchers last year and pushed its total payouts since 2010 to more than $81.6 million. The 2025 total also represented a sharp jump from […] The post Google paid a record $17.1 million for bug reports in 2025 appeared first on VPN Central.