A $300,000 award went to a pre-launch flaw that exposed conversations and tokens on internal Muse test VMs used by Meta staff.
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Google Introduces $250,000 Root-in-Cloud Bug Bounty Reward
The top payout is for high-impact architectural research demonstrating full administrative control.
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Google Narrows Open Source Bug Bounty Amid Wave of Invalid Automated Reports
Google has temporarily stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP).
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Microsoft Bug Bounty Program: $20 Million Paid to 500 Researchers
The biggest single reward paid out by Microsoft between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026, was $200,000.
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Will AI Kill the Bug Bounty Industry?
Anthropic’s Mythos is accelerating vulnerability discovery to machine speed, forcing the bug bounty industry and offensive security teams to adapt to a future where finding flaws is no longer the hard part.
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Microsoft Paid Out $2.3 Million at Zero Day Quest 2026 Hacking Contest
Researchers found more than 80 high-impact cloud and AI vulnerabilities during the event, which had a $5 million prize pool.
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OpenAI Launches Bug Bounty Program for Abuse and Safety Risks
Through the new program, OpenAI will reward reports covering design or implementation issues leading to material harm.
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Google Paid Out $17 Million in Bug Bounty Rewards in 2025
Google paid over $3.7 million for Chrome vulnerabilities, and more than $3.5 million for cloud security defects.
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Microsoft Bug Bounty Program Expanded to Third-Party Code
All critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft, third-party, and open source code are eligible for rewards if they impact Microsoft services.
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Meta Paid Out $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program in 2025
The total amount of money given to bug bounty hunters by the social media giant has reached $25 million.
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