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Google announced on Wednesday that it's prepared to pay out an extra $313,337 for interesting Cloud Platform vulnerabilities submitted in 2020.
Researchers who find vulnerabilities in Google Cloud Platform and disclose them through the company's Vulnerability Reward Program can earn up to $31,337.
Last year Google announced that it would be offering an extra $100,000 for the most interesting vulnerabilities discovered in its cloud platform in an effort to encourage researchers to analyze it.
The GCP VRP prize for last year went to Wouter ter Maat, who discovered several Cloud Shell vulnerabilities.
Researchers will have to nominate their vulnerabilities for the prize by filling out a form before January 1, 2021.
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