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Rock Chrome hard enough and get paid half a million

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2024-08-29

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Thomas Claburn

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Google has overhauled its Chrome Vulnerability Rewards Program to incentivize deeper research into memory corruption, increasing top payouts to $250,000 for non-sandboxed RCE and declaring MiraclePtr a formal security boundary worth $250,128 for bypass—allowing combined awards up to $500,128 for high-impact, well-documented exploits. The changes shift focus from prescriptive reward lists to tiers emphasizing exploitability and report quality.

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