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Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports
Google temporarily stops OSS VRP product vulnerability reports after a surge in automated submissions, most of which it says are invalid.
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Google halted acceptance of product vulnerability reports for its open‑source software bug bounty program effective October 1. Researchers can no longer submit security flaws in projects such as Go, Angular, and Protocol Buffers for rewards. The pause follows a surge in invalid automated reports that overwhelmed the program.
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