Google to pay Rs 25 lakh to find bugs in open source

Google is all about exploring new frontiers and pushing the boundaries of technology

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Their latest bug bounty programme, which was announced last month in March 2019 for $20k-$91 337

aims to reward researchers who find security holes within Google’s open source projects like Linux kernel

This time around when they launch this program again with different rewards

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depending upon what kind vulnerability you can pull off; someone could walk away with up tp 31K

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The open source vulnerability rewards program (VRP) is an extension of the existing Google VRP

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Under this new system, researchers who find bugs in some very sensitive projects will be rewarded more heavily

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than others with higher payouts for things like Bazel or AngularJS

. Researchers can also request " unusual" tasks if they want something less common but still exciting!

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Google is a company known for its commitment to open-source software. It's recent increase in involvement with projects has been particularly notable

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