Google paid $550,000 to 82 people who found holes in Android

Google started its Android Security Rewards program in June 2015, awarding money to researchers finding vulnerabilities in Android as well as Nexus phones and tablets. 

One year later, the company posted the results of the program on its blog, and it can be considered a success, both for Google and the researchers involved.

So far, Google has paid more than $550,000 to 82 individuals who found more than 250 qualifying vulnerability reports, Google's Android Security Program Manager Quan To wrote.

The top researcher, identified by Google as @heisecode, is actually making a decent living finding Android bugs; he won a total of $75,750 for 26 vulnerability reports.  Read more...