Google says it paid $8.7M in 2021, up from $6.7M in 2020, to 696 researchers from 62 countries as part of its bug bounty program (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)

Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:

Google says it paid $8.7M in 2021, up from $6.7M in 2020, to 696 researchers from 62 countries as part of its bug bounty program  —  In the yearly review of its vulnerability rewards program (VRP), Google said on Thursday that it awarded more than $8.7 million to security researchers in the form …