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Google Pauses OSS Bug Bounty Rewards Over Flood of Invalid Reports

Original: Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports

Google has temporarily suspended bug bounty reward payments for its open-source products after a sharp rise in invalid, automated vulnerability reports. The company says AI-generated or low-quality submissions have overwhelmed its review process, prompting the pause while it reassesses how to handle the influx.

Why now: The rise of automated and AI-generated security reports is disrupting established bug bounty programmes, and this pause is the latest visible consequence.

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