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TL;DR
- Google is now offering up to $1.5 million for advanced zero-click Pixel hacks targeting the Titan M2 security chip.
- Meanwhile, Google is slashing payouts for basic Android and Chrome vulnerabilities and cutting several bonus categories.
- Researchers can still earn up to $250,000 for full-chain Chrome exploits, and the MiraclePtr bonus remains untouched.
Google is cutting rewards for simple Android and Chrome exploits, but is offering a huge $1.5 million bounty to anyone who can achieve a zero-click, permanent hack of a Pixel’s Titan M2 chip.
In a new update to its Android and Chrome Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs), Google announced that it’s reworking payouts to focus less on lower-impact reports and more on complex bugs that could seriously affect users. The changes are already live.
