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Nice write up. While checking to see if Google's "Hall of Fame" [1] was updated yet, I noticed that their reward program is actually really active. Here are som
by WestCoastJustin 13y ago
Nice write up. While checking to see if Google's "Hall of Fame" [1] was updated yet, I noticed that their reward program is actually really active. Here are some stats compiled about the Reward Recipients and Honorable Mention pages, based off these numbers, they are dolling out a cash reward roughly every 1.8 days!
2013
197 Reward Recipients [1]
168 Honorable Mention [2]
2012
191 Reward Recipients [1]
147 Honorable Mention [2]
2011
121 Reward Recipients [1]
68 Honorable Mention [2]
[0] http://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/hall-of-fame/ http://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/hall-of-fame/
[1] http://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/hall-of-fame/reward/ http://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/hall-of-fame/reward/
[2] http://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/hall-of-fame/distinction/ http://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/hall-of-fame/distinc...
- peterwwillis 13y agoBack in the day, the "Hall of Fame" for this kind of exploit would be a .txt file sent to full-disclosure, detailing the exploit and sending "greetz" to your "crew" (or if you were lucky, posted in a periodical of note like Phrack). Now the fix comes out before anyone gets harmed by it, AND the person who discovered it gets PAID for it. Whoever thought up the rewards program is keeping people safe and still giving hackers a good reason to keep hacking. The future is amazing.